So they're having a dinner, essentially. So it's obvious to ofus that everyone had plenty of food and that no one was left out. Because another sound, a new sound, suddenly drew near. Suddenly they were able to hear another sound which might signal the king to sample his supper. Maybe it was a loud fanfare or something like that, or some noise that er, the king might have mistaken for a gong or some other sound which announced the beginning of the dinner. But in fact, it wasn't that. I think it was the sound of probably the door, the wooden doors boom opening, something like that. O for barely had the horns finished blowing their breath
Luke reads verses from a modernised version of this medieval poem, considered one of the masterpieces of Middle English literature.
Listen to hear the rhyme and rhythm of the poetry, the descriptive vocabulary and details of the story, with vocabulary explanations and comments from Luke.
This is part 2 of a double episode about this story. Video version available with on-screen text.
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