Imagine the ninth century poet Þjóðólfr of Hvinir had composed his Ynglingatal skald in the Dróttkvætt meter (see competitions 2216-2341). What would Þjóðólfr have written, had he chosen to devise a way whereby king Ragnavald’s elder brother might assume or even usurp the title the king bore. Each line of every eight line stanza should contain two internal rhymes (frumhending and viðurhending), the second of which falls on the penultimate syllable, and odd lines must contain half-rhymes (skothendingar), while the even lines should contain full-rhymes (aðalhendingar). 72 line minimum. As always, we will re-run the competition until there is a winner.
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-- Frank
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