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Which stanza pattern is used in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

rime royal
bob and wheel
free verse
octave and sestet
He took pleasure in destruction.
He was disliked by both friends and

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The correct answer is 'bob and wheel'. Bob is a very short line, followed by a wheel, longer lines with internal rhymes. Bob and wheel is characteristic of Medieval literature, primarily The Pearl and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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