Composition
The work consists of:
- a 315-line account of the Dukes in reverse chronological order known as the Chronique Ascendante. This is believed by some scholars not be an original part of the Rou, but a separate work by Wace.
- a 4,425-line section in alexandrines known as Part II
- an 11,440-line section in octosyllables known as Part III
A 750-line section known as Le Romaunz de Rou et des dus de Normendie appended in some editions appears to be an early draft, abandoned and later reworked into the final redaction.
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