Sir Gawaine And The Green Knight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB BCBC DBDB EFEF BGBG BBBB HIJI BDBD BKBK| Reptilian green the wrinkled throat | A |
| Green as a bough of yew the beard | B |
| He bent his head and so I smote | B |
| Then for a thought my vision cleared | B |
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| The head dropped clean he rose and walked | B |
| He fixed his fingers in the hair | C |
| The head was unabashed and talked | B |
| I understood what I must dare | C |
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| His flesh cut down arose and grew | D |
| He bade me wait the season s round | B |
| And then when he had strength anew | D |
| To meet him on his native ground | B |
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| The year declined and in his keep | E |
| I passed in joy a thriving yule | F |
| And whether waking or in sleep | E |
| I lived in riot like a fool | F |
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| He beat the woods to bring me meat | B |
| His lady like a forest vine | G |
| Grew in my arms the growth was sweet | B |
| And yet what thoughtless force was mine | G |
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| By practice and conviction formed | B |
| With ancient stubbornness ingrained | B |
| Although her body clung and swarmed | B |
| My own identity remained | B |
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| Her beauty lithe unholy pure | H |
| Took shapes that I had never known | I |
| And had I once been insecure | J |
| Had grafted laurel in my bone | I |
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| And then since I had kept the trust | B |
| Had loved the lady yet was true | D |
| The knight withheld his giant thrust | B |
| And let me go with what I knew | D |
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| I left the green bark and the shade | B |
| Where growth was rapid thick and still | K |
| I found a road that men had made | B |
| And rested on a drying hill | K |
Yvor Winters
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