Rachel A. Burns is a Lecturer in medieval literature at Hertford College, University of Oxford. She previously worked on the CLASP project in the Oxford English Faculty. Her research on Old English poetry has been published as articles in Anglia and The Review of English Studies. Rafael J. Pascual is a Departmental Lecturer in English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. Previously he held postdoctoral research positions at CLASP and at Harvard University. He specializes in medieval English language and literature (with a particular focus on Old English poetry).

Introduction, by Rafael J. Pascual Metre as an Editorial Concern in The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, with Particular Reference to the Old English Soul and Body Poems, by Robert Fulk The Dream of the Rood: 'not on the whole metrically deficient'?, by Jane Roberts On the Metre of Exodus, by Peter J. Lucas The Battle of Maldon and the Vengeance of Offa, by Mark Griffith Rhyme and Reason in The Battle of Maldon, by Mark Atherton Hypermetric Narrative in the Old English Daniel, by Megan E. Hartman Elene 582-89: Hypermetrics, Revelation, and Judgment, by Matthew D. Coker Single Half-Lines and Heavy Hypermetric Verses in Maxims I Reconsidered, by Kazutomo Karasawa Anaphora and Stylistic Flexibility in the Metrical Charms, by Caroline R. Batten Struggling to Find the Point: The Scratched Metrical Pointing of Guthlac A in the Exeter Book, by Simon C. Thomson Mind the Gap: Inter-word Spacing and Metrical Organization in Old English Verse, by Rachel A. Burns Metre vs. Rhythm: John C. Pope Reads Sievers, by Haruko Momma The Mystery of Old English Type A2k, by Geoffrey Russom Appendix 1: Alan Bliss, 1921-1985, by Peter J. Lucas Appendix 2: Some Corrections to Alan Bliss's Indices to The Metre of Beowulf, together with his last known views on the Metre of the Poem, by Mark Griffith Appendix 3: A Glossary of Metrical Terms, by Rafael J. Pascual Select Bibliography