The Features of the Old English Poetry The verse form:an alliterative line four stressed syllables an unfixed number of unstressed syllables sbroken by a caesura(节律停顿)arranged in one of several patternsThe Features of the Old English Poetry ❖ The verse form: an alliterative line four stressed syllables an unfixed number of unstressed syllables broken by a caesura(节律停顿) arranged in one of several patterns