 The two parts of the poem were long thought to be a conflation of two entirely separate texts, especially as the chivalric concerns of the second half seem to directly contradict the message of humility contained in the first.Medievalist Ralph Hanna, who edited the text, felt that the first episode had been adapted by a second, less technically assured author, who added the Galeron section and ended with the original final stanza of the first poem.However, following the work of A. C. Spearing — who compared its structure to that of a diptych — the "Awntyrs" is now commonly seen as a unified work by a single poet, where the themes of the first half are reflected in the second.