Written in dactyl meter (three beats per foot of DUM, da, da)

Medieval verse used alliteration as the main poetic tool in writing poetry. They did not use end rhymes or a specific syllable/line length. There was also a feature called a 'Bob and wheel' that was added after the verse that reflected the theme of the whole piece... it was five lines and had a very short first line followed by stanzas that did use rhyme.

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