Pearl (Jewett Translation)

Pearl (Jewett translation)

by The Gawain Poet

Pearl is an elegiac poem written in the 14th century by the Gawain Poet. It is considered a masterpiece of Middle English verse and reflects on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl lost in a garden. Sophie Jewett's translation from the Northern dialect of the original renders much of the poem's liveliness and beauty accessible to modern readers.

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The Gawain Poet

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The "Gawain Poet", or less commonly the "Pearl Poet", is the name given to the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an alliterative poem written in 14th-century Middle English. Its author appear...

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