Knittelvers
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Knittelvers
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Knittelvers is a kind of Germanic verse meter which originated in Germany during the Middle Ages. In Knittelvers, consecutive lines rhyme pairwise (AABB) and each line has four stresses. "Strict" Knittelvers has eight or nine syllables on each line, whereas "free" Knittelvers can use more or fewer. It may be considered a form of doggerel and is sometimes called "Knüttelvers" because of its rhythm. In German, this form of poetry was popular during the 15th and 16th centuries but rejected in the 1
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Germanic verse meter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knittelvers
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2023-08-03T11:36:56Z
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