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====Alliterative poetry==== | ====Alliterative poetry==== | ||
The older, more native tradition is poems with rhythmic alliteration. | |||
# the beginning syllables of sub-lines, e.g. in the pattern a ... | a ... or a ... | b ... | a ... | # the beginning syllables of sub-lines, e.g. in the pattern a ... | a ... or a ... | b ... | a ... | ||
# syllables within lines or sub-lines, e.g. a | # syllables within lines or sub-lines, e.g. a _ a _ ‖ b _ b _ ‖ c _ c _ ‖ d _ d _ | ||
# the above two may be combined, e.g. a _ a ... | b _ b ... ‖ b _ b ... | c _ c ... ‖ c _ c ... | d _ d ... | # the above two may be combined, e.g. a _ a ... | b _ b ... ‖ b _ b ... | c _ c ... ‖ c _ c ... | d _ d ... | ||
Non-traditional alliteration schemes are used in modern poetry and in whimsical, quasi-Hofstadterian "riddle poems". | Non-traditional alliteration schemes are used in modern poetry and in whimsical, quasi-Hofstadterian "riddle poems". | ||
====Meter==== | ====Meter==== | ||
*Stress based meters | *Stress based meters |
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