Rhetorical Analysis Of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

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In the poem of Sir Gawain and the green knight, I have analyzed that the poem has rhetorical parts inside the poem. I have witnessed that the poem has words that represent colors. The poem also, has b words inside the poem and alliteration. Let’s figure out the purpose of these rhetorical analysis. “Fair fanning tresses enveloped the fighting man’s shoulders.” The words for this line represent F words. The F words have a sense of alliteration and explains different expressions in just one line. We see the change of soft words like ‘fair’ and fanning’ to a harsher word like ‘fighting’. “As if covered by a king’s chaperon, closed around the neck.” The alliteration in this line is concentrated by the letters C and K. It’s less about the

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