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“The Dream of the Rood” As A Devotional Poem

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The Anglo-Saxon poem “The Dream of the Rood” is one of the prominent poetry in English literature till date. It is totally preserved in three different forms – inscribed by hand in stone, on the skin, and in silver. “The Dream of the Rood” is the most famous of all English religious and devotional poems. … Read more

Special Features of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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The Anglo-Saxon invaders, who came to Britain in the latter part of the 5th century A.D and eventually established their kingdom there, were the founders of English culture and English literature. The surviving Anglo-Saxon literature consists of two features of writing; heroic poetry which bears the pictures of the pre-Christian heroic society of the continental … Read more