Noted Authors: Alliterative Poems by Famous Poets and Writers

Noted Poets

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, poets began to question the metrical tradition that had dominated English poetry since the 16th century. Simultaneously, 19th century scholars brought older, alliterative works like Beowulf into the literary canon. This led some poets to try their hand at writing alliterative verse of their own (though sometimes that came out as free verse with alliteration).