![](https://assets.cambridge.org/97813166/02577/cover/9781316602577.jpg)
Book contents
- The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
- The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 General Principles of Poetic Form
- Chapter 2 Indo-European and Germanic Meters
- Chapter 3 Old English Meter in the Era of Beowulf
- Chapter 4 From Late Old English Meter to Middle English Meter
- Chapter 5 Middle English Type A1 and the Hypermetrical B-Verse
- Chapter 6 Type A1 in the A-Verse
- Chapter 7 Types B and C
- Chapter 8 Survival and Extinction in Types A2, Da, and E
- Chapter 9 Type Db and the Hypermetrical A-Verse
- Chapter 10 The Birth of English Iambic Meter
- Chapter 11 General Summary
- Notes
- Glossary of specialized terms as used in this book
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Chapter 2 - Indo-European and Germanic Meters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
- The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
- The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 General Principles of Poetic Form
- Chapter 2 Indo-European and Germanic Meters
- Chapter 3 Old English Meter in the Era of Beowulf
- Chapter 4 From Late Old English Meter to Middle English Meter
- Chapter 5 Middle English Type A1 and the Hypermetrical B-Verse
- Chapter 6 Type A1 in the A-Verse
- Chapter 7 Types B and C
- Chapter 8 Survival and Extinction in Types A2, Da, and E
- Chapter 9 Type Db and the Hypermetrical A-Verse
- Chapter 10 The Birth of English Iambic Meter
- Chapter 11 General Summary
- Notes
- Glossary of specialized terms as used in this book
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Summary
![Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'](https://static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Abook%3A9781316562925/resource/name/firstPage-9781316562925c2_p35-53_CBO.jpg)
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English PoetryFrom the Earliest Alliterative Poems to Iambic Pentameter, pp. 35 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017