Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to askchapo • edit-23 years agoWhy are old stories like Beowulf and Paradise Lost called poems?message-squaremessage-square32 fedilinkarrow-up131file-text
arrow-up131message-squareWhy are old stories like Beowulf and Paradise Lost called poems?Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to askchapo • edit-23 years agomessage-square32 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAsa_the_Red [he/him]hexbear6·3 years agoOthers have discussed meter and rhythm, but Beowulf is also alliterative which is why it doesn't rhyme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliterative_verse#Old_English_poetic_forms link
Others have discussed meter and rhythm, but Beowulf is also alliterative which is why it doesn't rhyme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliterative_verse#Old_English_poetic_forms