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Dream of the Rood
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Dream of the Rood
The
Dream of the Rood
is one of the earliest Christian poems in the corpus of
Old English literature
and an example of the genre of
dream
poetry. Like most
Old English
poetry, it is written in
alliterative verse
.
Rood
is from the Old English word 'pole', or more specifically '
crucifix
'. Preserved in the 10th century
Vercelli Book
, the poem may be as old as the 8th century
Ruthwell Cross
, and is considered one of the oldest works of
Old English literature
.
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