My first time reading this was with my kids for our Medieval school year, and it was long enough ago that I did not remember the ending. This time I read it for my WEM poetry challenge. I am simply fond of this romantic English poem for its themes, and the verse is charming as well. The author is unknown, but I found the translation agreeable.
The setting is during the time of King Arthur's court at Christmastime. After the narrator recapped Britain's founding and the purpose of the writer: "to describe an adventure," a monstrous green sight appeared before the court. Everything about him was green and he requested the most noblest knight to enter a challenge: to strike him and in a year receive the same in return. King Arthur believed it a foolish request, but he honored it, and Gawain stepped forward.
The setting is during the time of King Arthur's court at Christmastime. After the narrator recapped Britain's founding and the purpose of the writer: "to describe an adventure," a monstrous green sight appeared before the court. Everything about him was green and he requested the most noblest knight to enter a challenge: to strike him and in a year receive the same in return. King Arthur believed it a foolish request, but he honored it, and Gawain stepped forward.
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