Episode 40 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIAJKLAMNOAPK QKRSTQUAAVMWXYZAWBA2 B2BC2D2X E2F2QBWG2KH2QS| THAT battle toil bade he at burg to announce | A |
| at the fort on the cliff where full of sorrow | B |
| all the morning earls had sat | C |
| daring shieldsmen in doubt of twain | D |
| would they wail as dead or welcome home | E |
| their lord beloved Little kept back | F |
| of the tidings new but told them all | G |
| the herald that up the headland rode | H |
| Now the willing giver to Weder folk | I |
| in death bed lies the Lord of Geats | A |
| on the slaughter bed sleeps by the serpent's deed | J |
| And beside him is stretched that slayer of men | K |
| with knife wounds sick no sword availed | L |
| on the awesome thing in any wise | A |
| to work a wound There Wiglaf sitteth | M |
| Weohstan's bairn by Beowulf's side | N |
| the living earl by the other dead | O |
| and heavy of heart a head watch keeps | A |
| o'er friend and foe Now our folk may look | P |
| for waging of war when once unhidden | K |
| to Frisian and Frank the fall of the king | Q |
| is spread afar The strife began | K |
| when hot on the Hugas Hygelac fell | R |
| and fared with his fleet to the Frisian land | S |
| Him there the Hetwaras humbled in war | T |
| plied with such prowess their power o'erwhelming | Q |
| that the bold in battle bowed beneath it | U |
| and fell in fight To his friends no wise | A |
| could that earl give treasure And ever since | A |
| the Merowings' favor has failed us wholly | V |
| Nor aught expect I of peace and faith | M |
| from Swedish folk 'Twas spread afar | W |
| how Ongentheow reft at Ravenswood | X |
| Haethcyn Hrethling of hope and life | Y |
| when the folk of Geats for the first time sought | Z |
| in wanton pride the Warlike Scylfings | A |
| Soon the sage old sire of Ohtere | W |
| ancient and awful gave answering blow | B |
| the sea king he slew and his spouse redeemed | A2 |
| his good wife rescued though robbed of her gold | B2 |
| mother of Ohtere and Onela | B |
| Then he followed his foes who fled before him | C2 |
| sore beset and stole their way | D2 |
| bereft of a ruler to Ravenswood | X |
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| With his host he besieged there what swords had left | E2 |
| the weary and wounded woes he threatened | F2 |
| the whole night through to that hard pressed throng | Q |
| some with the morrow his sword should kill | B |
| some should go to the gallows tree | W |
| for rapture of ravens But rescue came | G2 |
| with dawn of day for those desperate men | K |
| when they heard the horn of Hygelac sound | H2 |
| tones of his trumpet the trusty king | Q |
| had followed their trail with faithful band | S |
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