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The entire body of '''Anglo-Saxon poetry''' consists of little more than 30 000 lines. It is by nature alliterative rather than rhyming. It catches the [[Anglo-Saxon]] people either side of their conversion to [[Christianity]], and so includes both devout Christian works and a darker [[Pagan]] worldview. |
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==Specific examples== |
==Specific examples== |
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* [[Battle of Brunnanburh]] |
* [[Battle of Brunnanburh]] |
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* [[Dream of the Rood]] |
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* [[Exeter Book of Riddles]] |
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==Related Links== |
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* [ftp://ftp.std.com/WWW/obi/Anglo-Saxon/aspr/contents.html The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry] |
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Revision as of 21:51, 17 June 2004
The entire body of Anglo-Saxon poetry consists of little more than 30 000 lines. It is by nature alliterative rather than rhyming. It catches the Anglo-Saxon people either side of their conversion to Christianity, and so includes both devout Christian works and a darker Pagan worldview.
