On Anglo-Saxon Versification

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Excerpt from On Anglo-Saxon Versification: From the Standpoint of Modern-English Versification, Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyIn addition to these, there are a number of shorter poems, varying in length from a few lines to three or four hundred some of these shorter poems, however, have more poetic excellence than the longer ones. Anglo-saxon poetry covers a period of some three or four centuries - perhaps from the middle of the 7th century to the middle of the 11th. However, the dates of many of the earlier poems are conjectural, and can not be fixed with certainty. It is probable, indeed - inasmuch as the poems were handed down for a long time in the memory of men - that some of them, such as widsits, the Charms, the lays in Beowulf, etc., were composed at a much earlier date than the 7th century perhaps before the Teutons came over from the continent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.