Riding rhyme is an early form of heroic verse. It has been described variously as a couplet rhyme, in five accents, [1] and as a decasyllabic couplet. [2] It is derived from the rhythm of the poetry in parts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales depicting the pilgrims as they rode along.
Other examples might be Browning's " How they Brought the Good News From Ghent To Aix", or W. H. Audens verses for " Night Mail".
References
- ^ "Dictionary Definition: Riding rhyme". Online Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ Saintsbury, George (1910). "Glossary". Historical manual of English prosody. University of Connecticut Libraries. London : Macmillan. pp. 291.
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Riding rhyme is an early form of heroic verse. It has been described variously as a couplet rhyme, in five accents, [1] and as a decasyllabic couplet. [2] It is derived from the rhythm of the poetry in parts of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales depicting the pilgrims as they rode along.
Other examples might be Browning's " How they Brought the Good News From Ghent To Aix", or W. H. Audens verses for " Night Mail".
References
- ^ "Dictionary Definition: Riding rhyme". Online Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ Saintsbury, George (1910). "Glossary". Historical manual of English prosody. University of Connecticut Libraries. London : Macmillan. pp. 291.
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