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The best poems in the english language6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Some poems on historical events, such as The Battle of Brunanburh (937) and The Battle of Maldon (991), appear to have been composed shortly after the events in question, and can be dated reasonably precisely in consequence.īy and large, however, Anglo-Saxon poetry is categorised by the manuscripts in which it survives, rather than its date of composition. The Dream of the Rood was written before circa AD 700, when excerpts were carved in runes on the Ruthwell Cross. It is possible to identify certain key moments, however. Much of the poetry of the period is difficult to date, or even to arrange chronologically for example, estimates for the date of the great epic Beowulf range from AD 608 right through to AD 1000, and there has never been anything even approaching a consensus. This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry. 658–680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation Bede attributes this to Cædmon ( fl. ![]()
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