Editing Alliterative verse (section)

===Types of Old English alliterative verse===
Old English alliterative verse comes in a variety of forms. It includes heroic poetry like [[Beowulf]], [[Battle of Brunanburh (poem)|The Battle of Brunanburh]], or [[The Battle of Maldon]]; [[elegiac]] or "wisdom" Poetry like [[The Ruin]] or [[The Wanderer (Old English poem)|The Wanderer]], riddles, translations of classical and Latin poetry, saints' lives, poetic Biblical paraphrases, original Christian poems, charms, mnemonic poems used to memorize information, and the like.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1002/9781118441138 |title=A History of Old English Literature |date=2013 |isbn=978-1-118-45323-0 |editor-last1=Fulk |editor-last2=Cain |editor-first1=R. D. |editor-first2=Christopher M. }}{{page needed|date=December 2023}}</ref>