Episode 34 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCDEBFGHIHHBJKHLM HNIAOPQHRSJACTEEMHCQ UCHVHWXBYAZHSJA2HQXJ HAZAAIHEHA| THE fall of his lord he was fain to requite | A |
| in after days and to Eadgils he proved | A |
| friend to the friendless and forces sent | A |
| over the sea to the son of Ohtere | B |
| weapons and warriors well repaid he | C |
| those care paths cold when the king he slew | D |
| Thus safe through struggles the son of Ecgtheow | E |
| had passed a plenty through perils dire | B |
| with daring deeds till this day was come | F |
| that doomed him now with the dragon to strive | G |
| With comrades eleven the lord of Geats | H |
| swollen in rage went seeking the dragon | I |
| He had heard whence all the harm arose | H |
| and the killing of clansmen that cup of price | H |
| on the lap of the lord had been laid by the finder | B |
| In the throng was this one thirteenth man | J |
| starter of all the strife and ill | K |
| care laden captive cringing thence | H |
| forced and reluctant he led them on | L |
| till he came in ken of that cavern hall | M |
| the barrow delved near billowy surges | H |
| flood of ocean Within 'twas full | N |
| of wire gold and jewels a jealous warden | I |
| warrior trusty the treasures held | A |
| lurked in his lair Not light the task | O |
| of entrance for any of earth born men | P |
| Sat on the headland the hero king | Q |
| spake words of hail to his hearth companions | H |
| gold friend of Geats All gloomy his soul | R |
| wavering death bound Wyrd full nigh | S |
| stood ready to greet the gray haired man | J |
| to seize his soul hoard sunder apart | A |
| life and body Not long would be | C |
| the warrior's spirit enwound with flesh | T |
| Beowulf spake the bairn of Ecgtheow | E |
| Through store of struggles I strove in youth | E |
| mighty feuds I mind them all | M |
| I was seven years old when the sovran of rings | H |
| friend of his folk from my father took me | C |
| had me and held me Hrethel the king | Q |
| with food and fee faithful in kinship | U |
| Ne'er while I lived there he loathlier found me | C |
| bairn in the burg than his birthright sons | H |
| Herebeald and Haethcyn and Hygelac mine | V |
| For the eldest of these by unmeet chance | H |
| by kinsman's deed was the death bed strewn | W |
| when Haethcyn killed him with horny bow | X |
| his own dear liege laid low with an arrow | B |
| missed the mark and his mate shot down | Y |
| one brother the other with bloody shaft | A |
| A feeless fight and a fearful sin | Z |
| horror to Hrethel yet hard as it was | H |
| unavenged must the atheling die | S |
| Too awful it is for an aged man | J |
| to bide and bear that his bairn so young | A2 |
| rides on the gallows A rime he makes | H |
| sorrow song for his son there hanging | Q |
| as rapture of ravens no rescue now | X |
| can come from the old disabled man | J |
| Still is he minded as morning breaks | H |
| of the heir gone elsewhere another he hopes not | A |
| he will bide to see his burg within | Z |
| as ward for his wealth now the one has found | A |
| doom of death that the deed incurred | A |
| Forlorn he looks on the lodge of his son | I |
| wine hall waste and wind swept chambers | H |
| reft of revel The rider sleepeth | E |
| the hero far hidden no harp resounds | H |
| in the courts no wassail as once was heard | A |
Anonymous Olde English
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Episode 34
Episode 34 is a poem by Anonymous Olde English. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Episode 34 poem by Anonymous Olde English
Best Poems of Anonymous Olde English