The Dream of the Rood is one of the famous Anglo-Saxon Christian poems. This poem is short and contains 146 lines only. It is generally attributed to the greatest Anglo-Saxon…
“The Complaint of Deor,” also known as “Deor’s Lament,” is an Old English poem that dates back to the 10th century. It is a short poem and contains only 52…
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Georgic is a poem about rural life, the practical aspects of agriculture, farming, and rural affairs, so-called from the Greek word for ‘earth-worker, farmer.’ The Georgic poem is a…
King Horn is an early surviving Middle English verse romance in 1,545 lines, dating from the late 13th century. This poem is currently believed to be the oldest extant romance…
