33.
Quality of the alliteration
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46
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34.
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Position of the alliterative words
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48
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35.
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Alliteration in relation to the parts of speech and to the order of words
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50
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36.
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Arrangement and relationship of verse and sentence
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54
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The Lengthened Verse.
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37.
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The lengthened line; alliteration
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55
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38.
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The origin and structure of the lengthened verse
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57
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39.
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Examples of commonly occurring forms of the lengthened hemistich
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59
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Formation of Stanzas and Rhyme.
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40.
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Classification and examples
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62
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CHAPTER III
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THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE FREER FORM OF THE ALLITERATIVE LINE IN LATE OLD ENGLISH AND EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH
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A. Transitional Forms.
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§
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41.
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Increasing frequency of rhyme
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65
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42.
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Combination of alliteration and rhyme
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65
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B. The ‘Proverbs of Alfred’ and Layamon’s ‘Brut’.
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43.
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Development of the progressive form of the alliterative line
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67
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44.
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Nature and origin of the four-beat short-lined metre
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69
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45.
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Number of stresses
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72
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46.
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Analysis of verse-types
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74
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47.
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Extended types
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75
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48.
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Verse-forms rhythmically equivalent
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78
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C. The Progressive Form of the Alliterative Line, Rhymed Throughout. ‘King Horn.’
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49.
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Further development of the Layamon-verse
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79
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50.
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The metre of King Horn and its affinity to the alliterative line
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82
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51.
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Characteristics of King Horn and Layamon compared
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84
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CHAPTER IV
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THE ALLITERATIVE LINE IN ITS CONSERVATIVE FORM DURING THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
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A. the Alliterative Verse Without Rhyme.
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§
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52.
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Homilies and lives of the saints in rhythmical prose. Poems in regular alliterative verse
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85
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53.
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Use and treatment of words in alliterative verse
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87
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54.
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Examples of alliteration
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88
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55.
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Comparison of Middle and Old English alliterative verse
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90
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56.
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The versification of Piers Plowman
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93
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57.
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Modification of forms in the North of England and in the Midlands
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95
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B. the Alliterative Line Combined With Rhyme.
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58.
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Growing influence of verse formed on foreign models
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97
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59.
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Lyrical stanzas: four-beat and two-beat lines
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97
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60.
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Forms of structure and versification
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99
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61.
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Narrative verse
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101
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62.
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Relation between rhyme and alliteration
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101
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