Kinda the reverse for me... A radio interview quoted a linguist who described early rap music as an accidental rebirth of Beowulf-esque poetry. Internal rhymes,

Kinda the reverse for me... A radio interview quoted a linguist who described early rap music as an accidental rebirth of Beowulf-esque poetry. Internal rhymes, frequent allusions, and the rhythm of at least some matched Beofwulf's itself. After that, I moved from the "it's just talking over music!" camp to the "it's a novel form of musical interpretation!" camp. Straight outta Geatland, yo.