Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was an alliterative poem because of the tempo of the verses and how words in sentences stared with the same letter. Each section of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight had an uneven number of lines and no fixed tempo. The alliterative lines were always unrhymed. This somewhat simplified text of lines, for example; “ If any so hardy in this house holds himself, Be so bold in his blood, brain in his head, That dare stiffly strike a stroke for another, I shall give him of my gift this giserne rich” (285-289). Bob and Wheel was aslo a form of alliterative writing which was used in Medieval Literature. When writing these type of verse “bob” was normally the very short and sometimes only had two syllables which followed by “wheel” which was longer lines that had internal rhyme. In Sir Gawain and the green knight bob and wheel were used throughout the poem for example, “The fole that he ferkkes on fyn of that ilke, sertayn. A grene hors gret and thikke,A stede ful stif to strayne, in brawden brydel quik;To the gome he watz ful gayn.” (173-178).Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a perfect example of alliterative form, which was part of Medieval England
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was an alliterative poem because of the tempo of the verses and how words in sentences stared with the same letter. Each section of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight had an uneven number of lines and no fixed tempo. The alliterative lines were always unrhymed. This somewhat simplified text of lines, for example; “ If any so hardy in this house holds himself, Be so bold in his blood, brain in his head, That dare stiffly strike a stroke for another, I shall give him of my gift this giserne rich” (285-289). Bob and Wheel was aslo a form of alliterative writing which was used in Medieval Literature. When writing these type of verse “bob” was normally the very short and sometimes only had two syllables which followed by “wheel” which was longer lines that had internal rhyme. In Sir Gawain and the green knight bob and wheel were used throughout the poem for example, “The fole that he ferkkes on fyn of that ilke, sertayn. A grene hors gret and thikke,A stede ful stif to strayne, in brawden brydel quik;To the gome he watz ful gayn.” (173-178).Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a perfect example of alliterative form, which was part of Medieval England