Studies in Anglo-Saxon prosody
Here are some poems where I replicate Anglo Saxon prosody: 4 stressed syllables in two half lines, three of which alliterate, which must be connected across the caesura (thus the second and third syllable). I do this better in the second and third sample. Wyrd bīþ fūl āræd…. cavernous self 9 de junio: Jittery joes UGAs core-coal from deepest of mines dug to power my being and fuel my mind. heart hollowing to flesh find into the cavernous self- gems of many kind. the miner, brightened by time away from the sun soot-smile, ligament spun seek ore- it won’t outrun for the tunnels may only grow deeper: many are the tons. and when sounds the canary call On emerald ears deaf downfall eager becomes envy, death chews its hall and the miner, valiant, striking at the wall. He, weight-winding, watching his round slowly ascending the debt he owes Excavator extreme, king of woes that sad smith Satan, carin...