The light in the Old English Rhyming Poem, lines 1–2
The opening lines of the Exeter Book’s Rhyming Poem (RP) reflect the generally enigmatic and imagistic approach of this unusual piece of Old English verse, which sustains end-rhyme alongside its alliterative metre throughout. In doing so, the text is unique in the surviving corpus of Old English poe...
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| description | The opening lines of the Exeter Book’s Rhyming Poem (RP) reflect the generally enigmatic and imagistic approach of this unusual piece of Old English verse, which sustains end-rhyme alongside its alliterative metre throughout. In doing so, the text is unique in the surviving corpus of Old English poetry, although shorter rhyming passages can also be found in longer poems such as Cynewulf’s Elene (1236–50) and Christ II (591–6). |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:aec2ba0a-d194-4ef5-afcf-c91386ea9ba52022-03-27T03:44:53ZThe light in the Old English Rhyming Poem, lines 1–2Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:aec2ba0a-d194-4ef5-afcf-c91386ea9ba5EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2019Soper, HThe opening lines of the Exeter Book’s Rhyming Poem (RP) reflect the generally enigmatic and imagistic approach of this unusual piece of Old English verse, which sustains end-rhyme alongside its alliterative metre throughout. In doing so, the text is unique in the surviving corpus of Old English poetry, although shorter rhyming passages can also be found in longer poems such as Cynewulf’s Elene (1236–50) and Christ II (591–6). |
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