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Among the poems of this age, we may emphasize: the shorter scopic pieces, of which the Far Traveler, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Fortunes of Men, and The Battle of Brunanburh are important examples; Beowulf, the greatest Anglo-Saxon epic poem, which describes the deeds of an unselfish hero, shows how the ancestors of the English lived and died, and reveals the elemental ideals of the race; the Caedmonian Cycle of scriptural paraphrases, some of which have Miltonic qualities; and the Cynewulf Cycle, which has the most variety and lyrical excellence.
The songs that we have noted, together with Beowulf, the greatest of them all, will give a fair idea of scopic poetry. The Oldest Epic of the Teutonic Race. The greatest monument of Anglo-Saxon poetry is called Beowulf, from the name of its hero. His character and exploits give unity and dignity to the poem and raise it to the rank of an epic.
Kennedy's Translation of the Poems of Cynewulf. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, I vol., translated by Giles in Bohn's Antiquarian Library. Snell's The Age of Alfred. Gem's An Anglo-Saxon Abbot: AElfric of Eynsham. The student who is not familiar with the original Anglo-Saxon should read the translations specified below: Scopic Poetry.
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