Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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a forward about this work by A S. Klein, written in middle English of the late 14th century Sir Gawain, agree Night survives in a single manuscript, which also contains three religious poems, including Pearl written, it seems, by the same author who is therefore refer to as the Pearl Poet. The poem tells the Storey of an incident at the court of King Arthur involving Soga Wayne's acceptance of a challenge from the mysterious Green Night on Bleeding Toe, a test of his chivalry and courage. The poem is a lively, atmospheric and cleverly paced example of a quest tale from which the hero emerges chastened and wiser and contains an interesting mix of Celtic, French and English motifs. There are many and varied interpretations of the themes and symbols contained in the storey. On Echoes are found in many other folklore tales and legends. The perp Oh, it appears to have been 1/14 century contemporary of Chaucer, and the dialect in which the poem is written suggests an origin in the English West Mittens. The poem is written in an alliterative style in variable length stances. The lines containing two pairs of stress syllables and each stanza ending in a rhyming quatrain. It is seen as an example of work produced during the alliterative revival of the period. But by combining alliteration and rhyme, it leads for two the flexible, rhymed and un rhymed verse of later times. Various attempts have been made to identify the pearl poet with a historical personage, but no candidate has been generally accepted.