Beowulf (episode 12) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMENOPQRS TUNBVWXUATYZA2B2C2D2 E2A2F2G2NH2I2J2K2L2| NOT in any wise would the earls' defence | A |
| suffer that slaughterous stranger to live | B |
| useless deeming his days and years | C |
| to men on earth Now many an earl | D |
| of Beowulf brandished blade ancestral | E |
| fain the life of their lord to shield | F |
| their praised prince if power were theirs | G |
| never they knew as they neared the foe | H |
| hardy hearted heroes of war | I |
| aiming their swords on every side | J |
| the accursed to kill no keenest blade | K |
| no farest of falchions fashioned on earth | L |
| could harm or hurt that hideous fiend | M |
| He was safe by his spells from sword of battle | E |
| from edge of iron Yet his end and parting | N |
| on that same day of this our life | O |
| woful should be and his wandering soul | P |
| far off flit to the fiends' domain | Q |
| Soon he found who in former days | R |
| harmful in heart and hated of God | S |
| on many a man such murder wrought | T |
| that the frame of his body failed him now | U |
| For him the keen souled kinsman of Hygelac | N |
| held in hand hateful alive | B |
| was each to other The outlaw dire | V |
| took mortal hurt a mighty wound | W |
| showed on his shoulder and sinews cracked | X |
| and the bone frame burst To Beowulf now | U |
| the glory was given and Grendel thence | A |
| death sick his den in the dark moor sought | T |
| noisome abode he knew too well | Y |
| that here was the last of life an end | Z |
| of his days on earth To all the Danes | A2 |
| by that bloody battle the boon had come | B2 |
| From ravage had rescued the roving stranger | C2 |
| Hrothgar's hall the hardy and wise one | D2 |
| had purged it anew His night work pleased him | E2 |
| his deed and its honor To Eastern Danes | A2 |
| had the valiant Geat his vaunt made good | F2 |
| all their sorrow and ills assuaged | G2 |
| their bale of battle borne so long | N |
| and all the dole they erst endured | H2 |
| pain a plenty 'Twas proof of this | I2 |
| when the hardy in fight a hand laid down | J2 |
| arm and shoulder all indeed | K2 |
| of Grendel's gripe 'neath the gabled roof | L2 |
Anonymous Olde English
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