Or the alliterative lines.
But he now decided against the alliterative lines for this place, and wrote in the manuscript a new version of Light as Leaf on Lindentree.
The epic poem Beowulf, of 3182 alliterative lines, is the most famous work in Old English and has achieved national epic status in England, despite being set in Scandinavia.
Wynnere and Wastoure is written in a four-stress unrhymed alliterative line, usually thought to be a late development, or perhaps revival, of the alliterative line used in Old English poetry.
The poem is weaved out of long alliterative lines, tied together with tight knots of rhyme; and yet parts of it are at least as accessible as Chaucer.
Outside of Old English, there are a few alliterative lines preserved in epigraphy (Horns of Gallehus, Pforzen buckle) which have a claim to greater age.
Some alliterative lines include "Sweetest song we ever sang was in each others arms" and "Sowed my seeds in search of truth".
The poem consists of 42 alliterative lines.
Working in the cold heat of concentrated intellect, I memorized the law contained in the rhyming syllabic verse called rose, a chant of stressed, alliterative lines.
The poem has an extremely unusual structure, combining a four-stress alliterative line, a tight rhyme scheme, and regular use of assonance.