- × / × / × e.g. | through reálms so mány
- × / × / e.g. | at Gáwain’s hánds
- / × × / e.g. | Árthur my náme
A third rhythm, rare except in the second verse, is the “rising-falling” or circumflex × ×/\×, e.g. :
| with a wróth clàmour
or
| by the búrn sìde
It makes a charming variation from the other two.
Long lines. Many lines have three stresses in the first verse. These I have usually simplified; when retained they have the stresses marked, unless the punctuation shows the caesura, e.g. :
And mány a bírd unblíthe on the bare twigs sitting.