Beowulf (episode 19) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKHLMNOPQKH NRISTKUVWXYHZA2B2C2K KKD2E2F2HE2G2RH2I2J2 K2PL2M2N2O2P2Q2R2KS2 T2U2V2CIW2V2P2V2V2| THEN sank they to sleep With sorrow one bought | A |
| his rest of the evening as ofttime had happened | B |
| when Grendel guarded that golden hall | C |
| evil wrought till his end drew nigh | D |
| slaughter for sins 'Twas seen and told | E |
| how an avenger survived the fiend | F |
| as was learned afar The livelong time | G |
| after that grim fight Grendel's mother | H |
| monster of women mourned her woe | I |
| She was doomed to dwell in the dreary waters | J |
| cold sea courses since Cain cut down | K |
| with edge of the sword his only brother | H |
| his father's offspring outlawed he fled | L |
| marked with murder from men's delights | M |
| warded the wilds There woke from him | N |
| such fate sent ghosts as Grendel who | O |
| war wolf horrid at Heorot found | P |
| a warrior watching and waiting the fray | Q |
| with whom the grisly one grappled amain | K |
| But the man remembered his mighty power | H |
| the glorious gift that God had sent him | N |
| in his Maker's mercy put his trust | R |
| for comfort and help so he conquered the foe | I |
| felled the fiend who fled abject | S |
| reft of joy to the realms of death | T |
| mankind's foe And his mother now | K |
| gloomy and grim would go that quest | U |
| of sorrow the death of her son to avenge | V |
| To Heorot came she where helmeted Danes | W |
| slept in the hall Too soon came back | X |
| old ills of the earls when in she burst | Y |
| the mother of Grendel Less grim though that terror | H |
| e'en as terror of woman in war is less | Z |
| might of maid than of men in arms | A2 |
| when hammer forged the falchion hard | B2 |
| sword gore stained through swine of the helm | C2 |
| crested with keen blade carves amain | K |
| Then was in hall the hard edge drawn | K |
| the swords on the settles and shields a many | K |
| firm held in hand nor helmet minded | D2 |
| nor harness of mail whom that horror seized | E2 |
| Haste was hers she would hie afar | F2 |
| and save her life when the liegemen saw her | H |
| Yet a single atheling up she seized | E2 |
| fast and firm as she fled to the moor | G2 |
| He was for Hrothgar of heroes the dearest | R |
| of trusty vassals betwixt the seas | H2 |
| whom she killed on his couch a clansman famous | I2 |
| in battle brave Nor was Beowulf there | J2 |
| another house had been held apart | K2 |
| after giving of gold for the Geat renowned | P |
| Uproar filled Heorot the hand all had viewed | L2 |
| blood flecked she bore with her bale was returned | M2 |
| dole in the dwellings 'twas dire exchange | N2 |
| where Dane and Geat were doomed to give | O2 |
| the lives of loved ones Long tried king | P2 |
| the hoary hero at heart was sad | Q2 |
| when he knew his noble no more lived | R2 |
| and dead indeed was his dearest thane | K |
| To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste | S2 |
| dauntless victor As daylight broke | T2 |
| along with his earls the atheling lord | U2 |
| with his clansmen came where the king abode | V2 |
| waiting to see if the Wielder of All | C |
| would turn this tale of trouble and woe | I |
| Strode o'er floor the famed in strife | W2 |
| with his hand companions the hall resounded | V2 |
| wishing to greet the wise old king | P2 |
| Ingwines' lord he asked if the night | V2 |
| had passed in peace to the prince's mind | V2 |
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