Hermitknut lays down the gauntlet...

Oct 06, 2011 16:23

Last year I studied Simon Armitage's translation of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". For those of you who don't know, it's a narrative poem telling the story of Sir Gawain, knight of the round table. I love this poem, and of course it has an Arthurian setting.

Now, each stanza ends with a little four-line rhyme. There are one hundred and one of ( Read more... )

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bleedforyou1 October 6 2011, 21:00:17 UTC
I just turned in a composition paper on Middle English literature and one of my peices was "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" teehee xD

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hermitknut October 6 2011, 22:20:15 UTC
Ha! :) That's pretty cool. I loved studying it.

Are you signing up for the challenge? Or just commenting for fun? :)

HK

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bleedforyou1 October 6 2011, 22:53:32 UTC
Oh, sorry, yeah I was just commenting for fun :)

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moiraes October 7 2011, 11:37:03 UTC
Would the subject be strictly Gwaine, or the Green Knight legend, anything involving any Merlin characters? (:

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hermitknut October 7 2011, 11:51:05 UTC
Anything involving Merlin characters! :) *edits post* Thanks for mentioning that, I should've put it in. You up for it? :D
HK

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moiraes October 7 2011, 12:05:03 UTC
Yeah, count me in (:
I'm much better at drabbles than longer things.

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silver_falcon24 October 7 2011, 11:43:02 UTC
I'm in! I've never read the poem, but I'm up for a bit of fun. :D

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hermitknut October 7 2011, 11:51:22 UTC
Excellent! :D
HK

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oddityisavirtue October 7 2011, 11:55:12 UTC
I HAVE SO MUCH OTHER STUFF TO DO

BUT I WILL DO IT.
:D

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hermitknut October 7 2011, 11:56:57 UTC
*laughs* I know the feeling! I'm mad busy myself, but I decided to do this anyway XD. Thanks :D
HK

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trinitys_sin October 7 2011, 11:59:25 UTC
Sounds like fun (and I really shouldn't do this, I'm involved in so many other challenges but...) I'm in!!!!

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hermitknut October 7 2011, 12:00:19 UTC
Brilliant! :D
HK

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