This book argues that the formal art of the Old English epic
Beowulf is shaped and determined by the poetic language which the
poet inherited from the traditional, oral culture of Anglo-Saxon
England. The patterns of metre and alliteration exhibited in the
poem were not imposed by the poet on his language, but were part of
the language which he spoke, the rules of which constituted his
metrical grammar. Professor Kendall investigates the constraints of
syntax, metre and alliteration which govern the formal art of
Beowulf. He shows how the half-lines of the poem, which are the
basic units of composition, are marked by the metrical grammar for
placement in the verse clause; he also establishes conditions for
the presence or absence of alliteration, which enable him to say
whether in any given instance the alliterative device is a
mandatory function of the rules of the metrical grammar or an
option exercised by the poet. Professor Kendall alters traditional
views of metre; he concludes the book with a complete index of
scansion according to the rules he has established.
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