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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
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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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