Forgotten Ground Regained
Alliterative Metrics
If you want to go on a deep dive into the theory of alliterative verse, these scholarly books are a good place to start.(though also read C.S. Lewis' scholarly article, "The Alliterative Metre".
English Alliterative Verse: Poetic Tradition and Literary History
Old English Metre: An Introduction
A History of Old English Meter
An Inroduction to Middle English
Reconstructing Alliterative Verse
Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
Meter and Modernity in English Verse, 1350-1650
The Alliterative Revival
The English Alliterative Tradition
The Metre and Meody of Beowulf
The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry
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