Analyze Over The Poem

In the poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, you read it to be a story that has action, adventure and lust. While reading the poem we gather that Sir Gawain has a reputation that precedes him in a way with the ladies and in many cases he does try to live up to the people’s expectations.

While we analyze over the poem, some may have a hard time understanding the entertainment and the pure entertainment of Sir Gawain. However, once you start reading the poem and ready what the lines mean, you discover what an adventure it is.

I normally do not like poems, but after learning what each stanza meant it was interesting. So hold on and I’ll give you a few details about Sir Gawain, and the Green Knight that will make the story entertaining and enjoyable.

In the lines: Here a strand of the hair, here one of gold;His tail and his foretop twin in their hue,And bound both with a band of a bright green,That was decked adown the dock with dazzling stones,And tied tight at the top with a triple knot (190). Is a real deep sense of how the Green Knight is perceived, as a man whom women swoon over.

Many people would think that the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a valor romance. However, unlike romance novels today, the medieval ones were filled with defining moments of rare chivalry.The medieval romances went on quest to show their love or worth. When these knights would return they would have tales of their travels. The tales were adventurous and the quest always had unexpected twist and turns.

In the lines: And laid his head low again in likeness of sleep; And she stepped stealthily, and stole to his bed, Cast aside the curtain and came within, And set herself softly on the bedside there, And lingered at her leisure, to look on his waking. (1190) we read where Lady Bertilak is trying to seduce Gawain.

This is another romantic aspect of the poem, where the Green Knight and Lord Bertilak. Sir Gawain endangers his manhood by accepting her proposal. Also, one extremely important part is when Lady Bertilak gives away her girdle to Sir Gawain. This is Lady Bertilak confidence in herself and her superior attitude which was not something women in that time had.

In conclusion this poem supports three elements in a medieval romance of quest, bravery and chivalry. In the end Sir Gawain knows that he was weak during his quest and did not uphold chivalry nor braver.