Beowulf (episode 06) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBBABABBBBCBDEABF BAAFEDBEBGBHIBBBJKBA LFAMNOGPOQBRSBTOBAUB VPWXBNBBYZAA2B2BC2GB BNBGD2BBBB| HROTHGAR answered helmet of Scyldings | A |
| quot I knew him of yore in his youthful days | A |
| his aged father was Ecgtheow named | B |
| to whom at home gave Hrethel the Geat | B |
| his only daughter Their offspring bold | B |
| fares hither to seek the steadfast friend | B |
| And seamen too have said me this | A |
| who carried my gifts to the Geatish court | B |
| thither for thanks he has thirty men's | A |
| heft of grasp in the gripe of his hand | B |
| the bold in battle Blessed God | B |
| out of his mercy this man hath sent | B |
| to Danes of the West as I ween indeed | B |
| against horror of Grendel I hope to give | C |
| the good youth gold for his gallant thought | B |
| Be thou in haste and bid them hither | D |
| clan of kinsmen to come before me | E |
| and add this word they are welcome guests | A |
| to folk of the Danes quot | B |
| To the door of the hall | F |
| Wulfgar went and the word declared | B |
| quot To you this message my master sends | A |
| East Danes' king that your kin he knows | A |
| hardy heroes and hails you all | F |
| welcome hither o'er waves of the sea | E |
| Ye may wend your way in war attire | D |
| and under helmets Hrothgar greet | B |
| but let here the battle shields bide your parley | E |
| and wooden war shafts wait its end quot | B |
| Uprose the mighty one ringed with his men | G |
| brave band of thanes some bode without | B |
| battle gear guarding as bade the chief | H |
| Then hied that troop where the herald led them | I |
| under Heorot's roof the hero strode | B |
| hardy 'neath helm till the hearth he neared | B |
| Beowulf spake his breastplate gleamed | B |
| war net woven by wit of the smith | J |
| quot Thou Hrothgar hail Hygelac's I | K |
| kinsman and follower Fame a plenty | B |
| have I gained in youth These Grendel deeds | A |
| I heard in my home land heralded clear | L |
| Seafarers say how stands this hall | F |
| of buildings best for your band of thanes | A |
| empty and idle when evening sun | M |
| in the harbor of heaven is hidden away | N |
| So my vassals advised me well | O |
| brave and wise the best of men | G |
| O sovran Hrothgar to seek thee here | P |
| for my nerve and my might they knew full well | O |
| Themselves had seen me from slaughter come | Q |
| blood flecked from foes where five I bound | B |
| and that wild brood worsted I' the waves I slew | R |
| nicors by night in need and peril | S |
| avenging the Weders whose woe they sought | B |
| crushing the grim ones Grendel now | T |
| monster cruel be mine to quell | O |
| in single battle So from thee | B |
| thou sovran of the Shining Danes | A |
| Scyldings' bulwark a boon I seek | U |
| and Friend of the folk refuse it not | B |
| O Warriors' shield now I've wandered far | V |
| that I alone with my liegemen here | P |
| this hardy band may Heorot purge | W |
| More I hear that the monster dire | X |
| in his wanton mood of weapons recks not | B |
| hence shall I scorn so Hygelac stay | N |
| king of my kindred kind to me | B |
| brand or buckler to bear in the fight | B |
| gold colored targe but with gripe alone | Y |
| must I front the fiend and fight for life | Z |
| foe against foe Then faith be his | A |
| in the doom of the Lord whom death shall take | A2 |
| Fain I ween if the fight he win | B2 |
| in this hall of gold my Geatish band | B |
| will he fearless eat as oft before | C2 |
| my noblest thanes Nor need'st thou then | G |
| to hide my head for his shall I be | B |
| dyed in gore if death must take me | B |
| and my blood covered body he'll bear as prey | N |
| ruthless devour it the roamer lonely | B |
| with my life blood redden his lair in the fen | G |
| no further for me need'st food prepare | D2 |
| To Hygelac send if Hild should take me | B |
| best of war weeds warding my breast | B |
| armor excellent heirloom of Hrethel | B |
| and work of Wayland Fares Wyrd as she must quot | B |
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