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779. [2/2] Poetry Reading: Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (by Simon Armitage)

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight by Sir John Armitage

The poem is called sir gawaine and the green knight, or simon armitage. You can get this book from any good bookshop. It's quite interesting to at least have a look at the original middle english version. So here are some things to notice in terms of language. This is when same sounds are used at the beginnings of words. A mountain of a man immeasurably high. That's alliteration of m sounds. A hulk of a human from head to hip. That'sAlliteration of ha sounds. Sounds so long and thick in his loins and his limbs, i should genuinely judge him to be a half giant. Or

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