Answer:
The title of the text and the author.
Keep it short. 4-5 sentences.
Only include the important details from the passage in your summary.
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the one who first accepts the Green Knight’s challenge was of course King Arthur. This was the case because he was the one who’s being mocked by the Knight. However, when Arthur gets the Knight’s axe, Sir Gawain said that he would take the challenge himself.
In my opinion, the whole poem is quite ironic - although she is mentioning the exultation and the royal color of death, the poem itself begins with the narrator saying that she cannot breathe - that she doesn't want to die.
So, I would say that the ironic parts are:
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea, -
Past the houses, past the headlands,
Into deep eternity!
Close reading helps the reader understand the text more and enhances the reader's reading abilities.
An example of close reading is annotating the text.
