[PAR] [TLE] Bob and wheel [SEP] Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the Pearl Poet in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight".  The feature is found mainly in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where the bob and wheel occur typically at the end of a stanza.  The "bob" is a very short line, sometimes of only two syllables, followed by the "wheel", longer lines with internal rhyme.  There are at least forty known examples of bob and wheel use, but the origin of the form is obscure.  It seems to predate the Pearl Poet.  Bob and wheel is not used often in modern poetry. [PAR] [TLE] Pearl Poet [SEP] The "Pearl Poet", or the "Gawain Poet", is the name given to the author of "Pearl", an alliterative poem written in 14th-century Middle English.  Its author appears also to have written the poems "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", "Patience", and "Cleanness"; some scholars suggest the author may also have composed "Saint Erkenwald".  Save for the last (found in BL-MS "Harley 2250"), all these works are known from a single surviving manuscript, the British Library holding "Cotton Nero A.x".  This body of work includes some of the most well-regarded poetry written in Middle English.
[PAR] [TLE] Bob and wheel [ SEP ] Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the Pearl Poet in " Sir Gawain and the Green Knight " . The feature is found mainly in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry , where the bob and wheel occur typically at the end of a stanza . The " bob " is a very short line , sometimes of only two syllables , followed by the " wheel " , longer lines with internal rhyme . There are at least forty known examples of bob and wheel use , but the origin of the form is obscure . It seems to predate the Pearl Poet . Bob and wheel is not used often in modern poetry . [PAR] [TLE] Pearl Poet [ SEP ] The " Pearl Poet " , or the " Gawain Poet " , is the name given to the author of " Pearl " , an alliterative poem written in 14th - century Middle English . Its author appears also to have written the poems " Sir Gawain and the Green Knight " , " Patience " , and " Cleanness " ; some scholars suggest the author may also have composed " Saint Erkenwald " . Save for the last ( found in BL - MS " Harley 2250 " ) , all these works are known from a single surviving manuscript , the British Library holding " Cotton Nero A.x " . This body of work includes some of the most well - regarded poetry written in Middle English .
Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the poet whose body of work includes some of the most well-regarded poetry written in what?
Bob and wheel is the common name for a metrical device most famously used by the poet whose body of work includes some of the most well - regarded poetry written in what ?
Middle English
Middle English