The Rhyming Poem

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The Rhyming Poem is an Old English verse notable for its rare and elaborate use of end rhyme, preserved in the medieval manuscript known as the Exeter Book.

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The Riming Poem 3
The Rhyming Poem canonical 2
Rhyming Poem 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Exeter Book poem ⓘ
Old English poem ⓘ
alliterative verse ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rhyming Poem ⓘ
linked to: The Rhyming Poem

The Riming Poem ⓘ
linked to: The Rhyming Poem
collection Exeter Book ⓘ
containedIn MS Exeter Cathedral Library 3501 ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
dateWritten 10th century ⓘ
firstEditedBy Benjamin Thorpe ⓘ
firstEdition Exeter Book edition by Benjamin Thorpe (1842) ⓘ
linked to: Codex Exoniensis
form rhymed alliterative verse ⓘ
genre didactic poem ⓘ
gnomic poem ⓘ
influenceFrom Latin rhymed verse traditions ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
length approximately 87 lines ⓘ
manuscript Exeter Book ⓘ
material parchment manuscript ⓘ
meter Old English alliterative meter ⓘ
notableFor combination of alliteration and end rhyme ⓘ
elaborate rhyme scheme unusual in Old English poetry ⓘ
extensive use of end rhyme ⓘ
originalScript Insular minuscule ⓘ
period Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
preservedIn Exeter Book ⓘ
religionContext Christian ⓘ
rhymePattern predominantly couplet rhyme ⓘ
rhymeType end rhyme ⓘ
internal rhyme ⓘ
rhymeUsage systematic end-rhyme throughout most of the poem ⓘ
scholarlyInterest development of rhyme in early English verse ⓘ
interaction of Latin and vernacular poetic techniques ⓘ
scriptorium Exeter Cathedral ⓘ
setting worldly courtly life contrasted with spiritual values ⓘ
theme Christian moral reflection ⓘ
mutability of worldly fortune ⓘ
transience of earthly prosperity ⓘ
tone moralizing ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Exeter Book → content → The Rhyming Poem ⓘ
Codex Exoniensis → contains → The Riming Poem ⓘ
linked to: The Rhyming Poem
Codex Exoniensis → contains → The Rhyming Poem ⓘ
The Rhyming Poem → alsoKnownAs → Rhyming Poem ⓘ
linked to: The Rhyming Poem
The Rhyming Poem → alsoKnownAs → The Riming Poem ⓘ
linked to: The Rhyming Poem
MS 3501 → contains → The Riming Poem ⓘ
linked to: The Rhyming Poem