Beowulf (episode 08) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAGHIJKLMNNOHHP HQHRHSTUVW HHXYHHHHHYZHHHA2B2HT C2D2HE2F2BG2AABHH2 Z| UNFERTH spake the son of Ecglaf | A |
| who sat at the feet of the Scyldings' lord | B |
| unbound the battle runes Beowulf's quest | C |
| sturdy seafarer's sorely galled him | D |
| ever he envied that other men | E |
| should more achieve in middle earth | F |
| of fame under heaven than he himself | A |
| Art thou that Beowulf Breca's rival | G |
| who emulous swam on the open sea | H |
| when for pride the pair of you proved the floods | I |
| and wantonly dared in waters deep | J |
| to risk your lives No living man | K |
| or lief or loath from your labor dire | L |
| could you dissuade from swimming the main | M |
| Ocean tides with your arms ye covered | N |
| with strenuous hands the sea streets measured | N |
| swam o'er the waters Winter's storm | O |
| rolled the rough waves In realm of sea | H |
| a sennight strove ye In swimming he topped thee | H |
| had more of main Him at morning tide | P |
| billows bore to the Battling Reamas | H |
| whence he hied to his home so dear | Q |
| beloved of his liegemen to land of Brondings | H |
| fastness fair where his folk he ruled | R |
| town and treasure In triumph o'er thee | H |
| Beanstan's bairn his boast achieved | S |
| So ween I for thee a worse adventure | T |
| though in buffet of battle thou brave hast been | U |
| in struggle grim if Grendel's approach | V |
| thou darst await through the watch of night | W |
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| Beowulf spake bairn of Ecgtheow | H |
| What a deal hast uttered dear my Unferth | H |
| drunken with beer of Breca now | X |
| told of his triumph Truth I claim it | Y |
| that I had more of might in the sea | H |
| than any man else more ocean endurance | H |
| We twain had talked in time of youth | H |
| and made our boast we were merely boys | H |
| striplings still to stake our lives | H |
| far at sea and so we performed it | Y |
| Naked swords as we swam along | Z |
| we held in hand with hope to guard us | H |
| against the whales Not a whit from me | H |
| could he float afar o'er the flood of waves | H |
| haste o'er the billows nor him I abandoned | A2 |
| Together we twain on the tides abode | B2 |
| five nights full till the flood divided us | H |
| churning waves and chillest weather | T |
| darkling night and the northern wind | C2 |
| ruthless rushed on us rough was the surge | D2 |
| Now the wrath of the sea fish rose apace | H |
| yet me 'gainst the monsters my mailed coat | E2 |
| hard and hand linked help afforded | F2 |
| battle sark braided my breast to ward | B |
| garnished with gold There grasped me firm | G2 |
| and haled me to bottom the hated foe | A |
| with grimmest gripe 'Twas granted me though | A |
| to pierce the monster with point of sword | B |
| with blade of battle huge beast of the sea | H |
| was whelmed by the hurly through hand of mine | H2 |
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| Began the fight Breca | Z |
Anonymous Olde English
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