3.
The way was long, the wind was cold,
The minstrel was infirm and old.—Ditto.
Here, besides the recurrence of similar accents, there is a recurrence of the same articulate sounds; viz. of o + ld.
[§ 631]. Metres founded upon the periodic recurrence of similar articulations are of two sorts.
1. Alliterative metres.—In alliterative metres a certain
number of words, within a certain period, must begin with a similar articulation.
In Caines cynne
þone cwealm gewræc.
Cædmon.