Comments | kellyrfineman: More on Anglo-Saxon verse

kellyrfineman

More on Anglo-Saxon verse

Apr 20, 2016 08:31

So, Anglo-Saxon verse seems to be throwing people for a bit of a loop. Hopefully in a good way, but I worry that I've not explained it well, so rather than moving on to kenning today, I'm going to circle back. And ahead, by millennia.

Can somebody give me a beat? Because, you see, Anglo-Saxon verse isn't that far off from hip-hop. (Did your mind ( Read more... )

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Comments 2

Not confused: awed ext_709338 April 20 2016, 21:40:20 UTC

...more than anything else, I think my pique was that we didn't get into this in school. Of course, my degrees are in lit, not in poetry, but STILL.

Okay, fine. There's only so much you can cram into seven years of English courses, and now we have an excuse to learn more, blah blah. STILL. Should have at least gotten a whiff of this... or did I just stop listening? Nah. I always paid such good atten -- squirrel!

Re: Not confused: awed kellyrfineman April 20 2016, 22:53:57 UTC

Well, thank goodness for that! (The not-confused part, that is.)

Unless you spent a lot of time on Old English or Anglo-Saxon (or Old Norse) studies, this would likely not have come up, although it is related to Sprung Rhythm, which is where I'm heading next. Except not until Friday, since tomorrow is about kenning.