A tall knight riding an emerald horse burst into the room. He was green from head to toe, including his hair, skin and clothes. Then in a deep, bellowing voice, he proposed a game. The bravest warrior present would attack him with his own axe. If they could strike him down, they would win his powerful weapon. However, the knight would be allowed to return that blow in one year and one dayarth and his knights were baffled. No man could survive such a strike. And arthur stood up to defend his honour. But as soon as he gripped the axe, another person leapt up to take his place. It was arthur's nephew, sir g
A conversation with my dad about a great medieval adventure story originally written in middle English and updated and translated into modern English by Simon Armitage. Dad talks about the origin of this story, its connection to the history of the English language, and the poetic devices used in the writing. In the second half I read a summarised version of the story and some verses from Armitage's modernised version.
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