Chance stated that, "this view of the structure as two-part has generally prevailed since its inception in J. R. R. Tolkien's Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics in Proceedings of the British Academy 22 (1936)."
Chance erklærede, at "synet på strukturen som todelt har normalt været foretrukket siden dets oprettelse i J.R.R. Tolkiens Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics i Proceedings of the British Academy 22 (1936)."