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| + | * '''Shem...short...Shemus...Jem...joky...Jacob:''' Alliterative verse, in which alliteration rather than rhyme is the main poetic foliation, was the most frequent verse technique in Old English poetry (eg., ''Beowulf'') | ||
Latest revision as of 18:17, 10 July 2016
"inclined to joke, jocular; or subject to jokes, ridicule."
- Shem...short...Shemus...Jem...joky...Jacob: Alliterative verse, in which alliteration rather than rhyme is the main poetic foliation, was the most frequent verse technique in Old English poetry (eg., Beowulf)
