Why was the alliterative revival associated with nationalism and nostalgia ?

Medieval Literature and Culture 05/09/2021

A. The stories of King Arthur made all English people nostalgic.
B. Metrical poetry simply got boring.
C. Alliterative poetry was much easier to write.
D. Alliterative poetry was associated with a world before the French influence, a world before the Conquest

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