We discussed some of the distinctive properties of OE alliterative poetry and then worked through the first nine lines of the prolog to Beowulf working out the structure of the sentences and noting the poetic properties of the lines.
You may want to visit http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readings/Beowulf.Readings.html to hear readings of parts of Beowulf which are presented in the generally accepted OE pronunciation.
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