Sievers's theory of Anglo-Saxon meter
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Sievers's theory of Anglo-Saxon meter
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Eduard Sievers developed a theory of the meter of Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse, which he published in his 1893 Altgermanische Metrik. Widely used by scholars, it was in particular extended by Alan Joseph Bliss. Sievers' system is a primarily method of categorization rather than a full theory of meter. It does not, in other words, purport to describe the system the scops actually used to compose their verse, nor does it explain why certain patterns are favoured or avoided.
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