The Light in the Old English <i>Rhyming Poem</i>, Lines 1–2*
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Authors
Soper, Harriet
Publication Date
2019-03-01Journal Title
Notes and Queries
ISSN
0029-3970
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Volume
66
Issue
1
Pages
20-24
Language
en
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Article
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Soper, H. (2019). The Light in the Old English <i>Rhyming Poem</i>, Lines 1–2*. Notes and Queries, 66 (1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjy188
Abstract
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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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjy188
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