The story of sir Gawain and the green knight has many examples of rhetoric patterns, and the same can be said about lines 335-365. In this particular section of this story, the words “I” and “my” appear quite often. This is during the time when Sir Gawain is lamenting over his failure to keep his honor intact. He is humbling himself in order to atone for what he has done. In my opinion, I think that the author was trying to convey the message that Sir Gawain was indeed sincere in hus humble recognition of his break of honor. This section also has a good deal of alleteration. Now this doesn't happen on nearly as many lines as the first thirty lines of the story, but it still occurs. The alliteration seems to occur when someone is trying
