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2020
This chapter investigates manuscript evidence for readers’ attention to one particular aspect of form, rhyme. The chapter begins by examining occasions when scribes copied Middle English verse in unusual layouts with atypical lineation, because such occasions drove scribes to punctuate the structures of poems more explicitly.
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This chapter investigates manuscript evidence for readers’ attention to one particular aspect of form, rhyme. The chapter begins by examining occasions when scribes copied Middle English verse in unusual layouts with atypical lineation, because such occasions drove scribes to punctuate the structures of poems more explicitly.
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2005
Abstract In Chapter 4 we saw the importance of rhyme in delineating stanzas. In this chapter, I examine rhyme in more detail, as an element of verse in its own right. I then explore briefly the wider sound patterns that poets create in their works.
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Abstract In Chapter 4 we saw the importance of rhyme in delineating stanzas. In this chapter, I examine rhyme in more detail, as an element of verse in its own right. I then explore briefly the wider sound patterns that poets create in their works.
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Abstract Though rhyme often defines present-day ideas of English poetry for non-specialists, Old English only used rhyme locally, and regular rhyme emerged during the Middle English period. Some techniques used to read modern rhymes work just as well with earlier poetry.
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