21. Alliterative verse has been found in some of the earliest monuments of Germanic literature.22. Originally all alliterative poetry was composed and transmitted orally, and much went unrecorded. 23. Tolkien states that calling Old English verse alliterative is a misnomer for two reasons. 24. The second half of the inscription is in alliterative verse of the form fornyr�islag. 25. The names were so alliterative and innocuous. 26. Columbus Crew Stadium is alliterative but hardly seems a name to rival Maracana or Bernabeu. 27. However, the origin of the alliterative encomium go-to guy is in football. 28. The patterns of unstressed syllables vary significantly in the alliterative traditions of different Germanic languages. 29. The first poem is in alliterative verse, and the second is in rhyming couplets. 30. Deor mentions various figures from alliterative lines.
