Which of the following best defines alliterative verse ?

A. A traditional form with repeated consonant sounds

B. A popular form in the 9th and 10th centuries

C. An Anglo-Saxon form written in iambic pentameter with traditional rhymes

D. A form brought to England in the years during the Norman invasion

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