Development Of English Versification

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...as poetry has been produced in Britain for thousands of years. Poetry that is expressed in a language recognizable as a form of English has existed for around thirteen hundred years (Harmon 1). A brief examination of the history of English versification, from its beginning with Old English works such as Beowulf through to the modern English of the eighteenth century reveals that that new poetic conventions, techniques and forms have continuously evolved over the intervening centuries.
All the poetry of Old English (Beowulf) is in the same verse form, which emphasizes the single line, since rhyme was not utilized to connect one line to another (Abrams, et al 24). The principal organizing device in this poetry was alliteration, i.e. beginning several words with the...

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