A History of English Rhythms, Volume 2

accentual verses adjective Alexandrine alliteration alliterative Anglo-Saxon appears Arthur ballet-stave Beowulf Cædmon Chaucer child common counties couplet dialect diphthong doth earth English poetry Eormanric Erth final rhime five accents four accents fourteenth century Harl hath hexameters hire Iambic Iambic Tetrameter imitation inflexion interwoven king land language Latin Layamon lollai Lord metre metrical point Milton monk Myrgings northern dialect notice o'er Old English original Ormin Ormulum passage peculiarities plural poem poet poetry probably Psalm-metres quoted reader rhime rhythm Robert of Brunne Romance Romance poetry Saint sectional rhime seems singular sixteenth century sometimes song specimen stanza stave of four syllables Tetrameter thær thæs thæt thatt thee ther thirteenth century Thorpe thou thurrh translation Trochaic twelfth century verb verse versification virelay vowels wæs word writer written wrote