Beowulf (episode 26) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHBIFJKLMNFOGM PQRSTUVFWPUXYZKA2FB2 MC2D2E2F2G2AMC2H2I2H MB2J2DE2MMMGK2E2C2L2 M2N2M2C2O2O2HO2| BEOWULF spake bairn of Ecgtheow | A |
| Lo we seafarers say our will | B |
| far come men that we fain would seek | C |
| Hygelac now We here have found | D |
| hosts to our heart thou hast harbored us well | E |
| If ever on earth I am able to win me | F |
| more of thy love O lord of men | G |
| aught anew than I now have done | H |
| for work of war I am willing still | B |
| If it come to me ever across the seas | I |
| that neighbor foemen annoy and fright thee | F |
| as they that hate thee erewhile have used | J |
| thousands then of thanes I shall bring | K |
| heroes to help thee Of Hygelac I know | L |
| ward of his folk that though few his years | M |
| the lord of the Geats will give me aid | N |
| by word and by work that well I may serve thee | F |
| wielding the war wood to win thy triumph | O |
| and lending thee might when thou lackest men | G |
| If thy Hrethric should come to court of Geats | M |
| a sovran's son he will surely there | P |
| find his friends A far off land | Q |
| each man should visit who vaunts him brave | R |
| Him then answering Hrothgar spake | S |
| These words of thine the wisest God | T |
| sent to thy soul No sager counsel | U |
| from so young in years e'er yet have I heard | V |
| Thou art strong of main and in mind art wary | F |
| art wise in words I ween indeed | W |
| if ever it hap that Hrethel's heir | P |
| by spear be seized by sword grim battle | U |
| by illness or iron thine elder and lord | X |
| people's leader and life be thine | Y |
| no seemlier man will the Sea Geats find | Z |
| at all to choose for their chief and king | K |
| for hoard guard of heroes if hold thou wilt | A2 |
| thy kinsman's kingdom Thy keen mind pleases me | F |
| the longer the better Beowulf loved | B2 |
| Thou hast brought it about that both our peoples | M |
| sons of the Geat and Spear Dane folk | C2 |
| shall have mutual peace and from murderous strife | D2 |
| such as once they waged from war refrain | E2 |
| Long as I rule this realm so wide | F2 |
| let our hoards be common let heroes with gold | G2 |
| each other greet o'er the gannet's bath | A |
| and the ringed prow bear o'er rolling waves | M |
| tokens of love I trow my landfolk | C2 |
| towards friend and foe are firmly joined | H2 |
| and honor they keep in the olden way | I2 |
| To him in the hall then Healfdene's son | H |
| gave treasures twelve and the trust of earls | M |
| bade him fare with the gifts to his folk beloved | B2 |
| hale to his home and in haste return | J2 |
| Then kissed the king of kin renowned | D |
| Scyldings' chieftain that choicest thane | E2 |
| and fell on his neck Fast flowed the tears | M |
| of the hoary headed Heavy with winters | M |
| he had chances twain but he clung to this | M |
| that each should look on the other again | G |
| and hear him in hall Was this hero so dear to him | K2 |
| his breast's wild billows he banned in vain | E2 |
| safe in his soul a secret longing | C2 |
| locked in his mind for that loved man | L2 |
| burned in his blood Then Beowulf strode | M2 |
| glad of his gold gifts the grass plot o'er | N2 |
| warrior blithe The wave roamer bode | M2 |
| riding at anchor its owner awaiting | C2 |
| As they hastened onward Hrothgar's gift | O2 |
| they lauded at length 'Twas a lord unpeered | O2 |
| every way blameless till age had broken | H |
| it spareth no mortal his splendid might | O2 |
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