Beowulf's Expedition To Heort Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Thus then much care wornA
The son of HealfdenA
Sorrowed evermoreB
Nor might the prudent heroC
His woes avertD
The war was too hardE
Too loath and longsomeF
That on the people cameF
Dire wrath and grimF
Of night woes the worstG
This from home heardH
Higelac's ThaneA
Good among the GothsI
Grendel's deedsI
He was of mankindJ
In might the strongestK
At that dayL
Of this lifeM
Noble and stalwartD
He bade him a sea shipN
A goodly one prepareO
Quoth he the war kingP
Over the swan's roadQ
Seek he wouldR
The mighty monarchS
Since he wanted menA
For him that journeyA
His prudent fellowsI
Straight made readyA
Those that loved himF
They excited their soulsI
The omen they beheldA
Had the good manA
Of the Gothic peopleT
Champions chosenA
Of those that keenestA
He might findA
Some fifteen menA
The sea wood sought heA
The warrior showedA
Sea crafty manA
The land marksI
And first went forthU
The ship was on the wavesI
Boat under the cliffsI
The barons readyA
To the prow mountedA
The streams they whirledA
The sea against the sandsI
The chieftains boreB
On the naked breastA
Bright ornamentsI
War gear Goth likeV
The men shoved offW
Men on their willing wayL
The bounden woodA
Then went over the sea wavesI
Hurried by the windA
The ship with foamy neckX
Most like a sea fowlY
Till about one hourZ
Of the second dayL
The curved prowA2
Had passed onwardA
So that the sailorsI
The land sawI
The shore cliffs shiningP
Mountains steepB2
And broad sea nosesI
Then was the sea sailingP
Of the Earl at an endA
Then up speedilyA
The Weather peopleT
On the land wentA
The sea bark mooredA
Their mail sarks shookC2
Their war weedsI
God thanked theyL
That to them the sea journeyA
Easy had beenA
Then from the wall beheldA
The warden of the ScyldingsI
He who the sea cliffsI
Had in his keepingP
Bear o'er the balksI
The bright shieldsI
The war weapons speedilyA
Him the doubt disturbedA
In his mind's thoughtA
What these men might beA
Went then to the shoreB
On his steed ridingP
The Thane of HrothgarB
Before the host he shookC2
His warden's staff in handA
In measured words demandedA
'What men are yeA
War gear wearingP
Host in harnessI
Who thus the brown keelD2
Over the water streetA
Leading comeF
Hither over the seaA
I these boundariesI
As shore warden holdA
That in the Land of the DanesI
Nothing loathsomeF
With a ship crewB
Scathe us mightA
Ne'er saw I mightierB
Earl upon earthE2
Than is your ownA
Hero in harnessI
Not seldom this warriorB
Is in weapons distinguishedA
Never his beauty belies himF
His peerless countenanceI
Now would I fainA
Your origin knowC
Ere ye forthU
As false spiesI
Into the Land of the DanesI
Farther fareB
Now ye dwellers afar offW
Ye sailors of the seaA
Listen to myF
One fold thoughtA
Quickest is bestA
To make knownA
Whence your coming may be 'F2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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