Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord
Tennyson
What does the imagery in the excerpt most clearly
emphasize to readers?
But when he saw the wonder of the hilt,
How curiously and strangely chased, he smote
Sir Bedivere's loyalty to King Arthur
Sir Bedivere's reluctance to get rid of the sword
Sir Bedivere's pain from his injury
Sir Bedivere's excitement at holding the sword
His palms together, and he cried aloud,
"And if indeed I cast the brand away,
Surely a precious thing, one worthy note,
Should thus be lost for ever from the earth