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~ Tips for Poets ~
 

Welcome to the Norse Alliterative Poetry Course!

This is a complete, free online course which you can take on your own, and at your own pace and leisure.
It is designed to be read online, with suggestions for off-line exercises. You are free to download or print the pages for your own, off-line private use and reference. I´ve put a lot of time and effort in this, so unlike my other works, this course may not be reproduced online. Short quotations are okay, of course, and you can always mail me and change my mind ;-)....

This course is also currently running on the Yahoo list heathenpoetryhall, with the possibility of feedback on your exercises, and discussion with others. You´re welcome to join the current course at any point in time. Given enough interest, I could start a second course later when the first course is finished.

Norse Alliterative Poetry - An Introduction & Course Outline

I. Alliteration

1. What´s alliteration?

2.  Alliteration of vowels
Does it alliterate? - Test 1
Does it alliterate? - Test 2
Does it alliterate? - Test 3
Test Solutions

3. Alliteration of consonants
Does it alliterate? - Test 4
Does it alliterate? - Test 5
Does it alliterate? - Test 6
Test Solutions

II.  Line, Half-Line, Stanza and Verse Meter - Explanation of Terms

III. Fornyrdhislag (Old Meter)

1. Fornyrdhislag Rules
2. You, writing your first line of Old Meter
3. Old Meter - An easy example & some finer points
4. Reading exercise: A complete poem in Old Meter
5. Practice: Write in Old Meter!

IV. Ljodhahattr (Song Meter)

1. Ljodhahattr Rules
2. Reading exercise: A complete poem in Song Meter
3. Practice: Write in Song Meter!

V. After the Course

1. Further reading: Resources & Links
2. Questions, Feedback, Comments? Mail me!