ENGL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Motto, Group For The Study Of Reactive Motion, Forego

• School: McGill University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 200
• Professor: Wes Folkerth

Document Summary

This poem is divided into four parts: part 1: arthur"s court and the appearance of the green knight, part 2: the journey, and the interlude at the castle, part 3: seduction of gawain, part 4: gawain"s return. This poem was authored by an unknown gawain poet . This poem is part of a larger manuscript, and there are three others that are more secular. The poem has a regular form, in terms of stanzas. Note that the poem is translated from middle english into modern english. England, around london, and is therefore more modern. The poet uses many verses that rhyme, and this creates a sort of music that is nice to listen to and is attractive to listeners. The poet also uses many really old words, and the translator attempts to preserve much of it in order to make it sound more archaic and thus more authentic.