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

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

Jul 28, 2022

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Hue, or Greener Than Grass?

02:41

I'm Dangling My Cassio Digital Watch in Front of You

02:15

I Propose Myself, I'm the Weakest of Your Warriors

02:37

Introduction

3min

Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight by Sir John Armitage

2min

The Poems of the Middle English Period by Simon Armitage

3min

The Green Night by Sir Gawaine

2min

The King and His Knights Have Been Celebrating Christmas, and Then a Strange Visitor Arrived

3min

The King Sampled His Supper

3min

A Hulk of a Human From Head to Hips

3min

A Half Gigantic Knight

3min

Green Tea, Green Tea Shirt.

4min

10.

What Is a Cloak?

2min

11.

Ermine Cloak

2min

12.

The Horse's Leggings, Green, Gold, Silver.

3min

13.

What Is a Belt Hook?

3min

14.

The Most Common Things You Have Straps On

3min

15.

The Horse, Every Hair Was Green From Hoof to Mane

3min

16.

The Hand Stitched Bridle

3min

17.

The Fellow in Green Was in Fine Fetl

4min

18.

The Hair at the Collar, Like a King's Cape

2min

19.

The Hair on the Back of a Horse's Tail

4min

20.

The Wound War Horse, Other Worldly, Yet Fell and Bone

1min

21.

The Green Knight Kicks the Horse With His Stirrups

3min

22.

Who's Governor of This Gigangle?

3min

23.

Hue, or Greener Than Grass?

3min

24.

The Night Is Saying, Because You Are Considered to Be the Best Knights

3min

25.

The Green Knight Says, Look, I've Got This

3min

26.

The Green Knight Says, 'I Lay Down a Challenge'

3min

27.

I'll Give You One Free Hit, I Won't Flinch

3min

28.

The Assassin's Creed, Part II

3min

29.

Gawaine Says, Okay, I Stake My Claim

3min

30.

I'm Dangling My Cassio Digital Watch in Front of You

2min

31.

I Propose Myself, I'm the Weakest of Your Warriors

3min

32.

Is It Gawaine?

3min

33.

The Green Knight Said, Before We Compete, Repeat What We've Promised, and Tell Me the Truth

1min

34.

The Green Knight Says, I'll Strike Me With the Head of This Axe

3min

35.

The Axe of the Green Knight

3min

36.

The Green Chapel Knight

2min

37.

What Do You Think of Sir Gawaine and the Green Night?

2min

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.

Episode page with intro transcript & video version https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rj8

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

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

Hue, or Greener Than Grass?

I'm Dangling My Cassio Digital Watch in Front of You

I Propose Myself, I'm the Weakest of Your Warriors

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