The meter and melody of Beowulf (Illinois studies in language and literature)

Introduction 1 Problems in Old English Prosody 6 The Number of Stresses in an Old English Verse 20 Constraints on Anacrusis in Type A 32 Intermediate Stress in Type E 45 Clashing Stress in Types C and D 65 Metrical Simplicity and Type D 75 The Abstract Pattern of Old English Meter 84 The Melody of "Beowulf" 94 Bibliography 111 Index 119