[gothic-l] Re: A poem in Gothic with alliteration

[Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l]]

Thanks Andy, I didn't know this about the first three words having the same
sound and the last one a different one, I will use that for my next poem(s)
in Gothic!

2015-02-08 2:37 GMT+01:00 write2andy at yahoo.com [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

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> I'm having some trouble figuring out some words, though. I can tell the
> English one isn't a literal translation, but I'm still not fluent in Gothic
> and reading some things is still hard. Nonetheless, I like the poem from
> what I can understand.
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> I will offer that the Germanic alliterative poems are often created with
> four stressed syllables (and any number of unstressed as long as the line
> doesn't drone on for too long), and the first three words have the same
> sound, whereas the fourth one may or may not (as in, it's up to the
> author). Just as a guideline for anyone interested in writing this way,
> even though writing doesn't need to conform to anything.
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> You can read more here: http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/569784
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