The Light in the Old English <i>Rhyming Poem</i>, Lines 1–2*
Authors
Soper, Harriet
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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).
Publication Date
2019-03-01
Online Publication Date
2019-01-30
Acceptance Date
2018-11-13
Keywords
47 Language, Communication and Culture, 4705 Literary Studies
Journal Title
Notes and Queries
Journal ISSN
0029-3970
1471-6941
1471-6941
Volume Title
66
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Sponsorship
AHRC (1493190)