Alliteration in Caedmon's Hymn

There’s alliteration all through out Caedmon’s Hymn and many common trends as seen in Beowulf. The first, “Praise we the Fashioner now of Heaven’s fabric,” has alliteration to describe God who is described as the fashioner of Heaven’s fabric. In Beowulf, he doesn’t hesitate to praise God and give thanks to him. The second line, “The majesty of his might and his mind’s wisdom,” also has heavy alliteration. It’s further putting emphasis on the power of God and what he’s capable of. The third line, “Work of the world-warden, worker of all wonders,” we see a kenning for God, “world-warden,” which is very popular in Anglo-Saxon culture and is all over the poem of Beowulf. Beowulf uses, “The Almighty making, the earth, shaping these beautiful plains marked off by oceans, then proudly setting the sun and the moon to glow across the land and light it (line 7),” to describe the making of the Earth. Much like Caedmon did in his hymn. It also contains alliteration as well. The next line, “How he the Lord of Glory everlasting,” doesn’t contain any alliteration really or none that we see in the previously line where it’s obvious. He’s known as “the Lord of Heaven and earth” in Beowulf. The next line is “Wrought first for the race of men Heaven as a rooftree,” and has some alliteration in it. So far, almost every line contains alliteration which was very common in Anglo-Saxon poetry and writing. The last line, “Then made he Middle Earth to be their mansion,” talks about the creation of man and their domain on Earth. Again, alliteration is seen. Literary elements in both pieces are very similar.