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Date Posted: 17:43:46 10/18/03 Sat
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In reply to:
BlackDino73
's message, "Re: This is a narrative poem..." on 15:56:08 10/16/01 Tue
>"Misstress, You honor me with your words," BlackDino
>says. "I was leaning towards something that would
>honor the memory of one of the greatest warriors of
>our era. I am currently reading a heardcopy of a piece
>of human liturature called Sir Gawain and the Green
>Knight. Though my instructor pronounces it 'gow-wan'
>and not 'gah-wayne', as I first presumed it to be. any
>way, a green(literally) knight comes to King Arthur's
>castle on the eve of Christmastide, seeking a yuletide
>game. He challenges Arthur to take the green knight's
>axe and remove his head with it, but a knight of
>lesser fame volunteers to do it for his lord and uncle
>Arthur. Gawain in turn cuts the green knight's(who is
>yet to tell his name) head from his shoulders...but
>the body does not topple. Magic is said to flow in the
>man's veins as the corpse picks up its own head, and
>tells Gawain where to find him to give him his blow in
>turn for not killing the green knight.
>Some men would have run away, frightened at the wicked
>foreboding this incurred. But Gawain stood
>steadfastedly with passiveness and acceptance. He was
>to die, but he would do so without fear or anger, but
>with acceptance as I said earlier. He, my lady was
>truly a noble human if there ever was one."
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