Gawian wears the green girdle becuase he failed to become a green knight so he wears the girdle to symbolize being part of the green knights.
When you put the quotation marks you then write said (name of whoever that is talking) e.g
''I took timmy for a walk''said lisa
The prayers went out as a protest and boycotted the game. (Corrected it.)
The prayers (subject) did two things:
1: went out as a protest (predicate)
and
2: boycotted the game (predicate)
Remember to use the same tense.
It is a poem about life and human nature.