This is an analysis of Sir Gawaine And The Green Knight by Yvor Winters.
Reptilian green the wrinkled throat,
Green as a bough of yew the beard;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb acac dbdb efef agag bbbb cgXg adadXbfbf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010101 11010101 11011111 11011101 01111111 11010001 01110111 11011111 01110111 11110101 11111101 01110101 01011001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 10110111 11110111 11010101 01010001 11010111 11010001 01010101 11111101 11110100 11010011 11111101 11010111 01010101 11110111 11011101 11110111 11011111 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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