ANGLO-SAXON LYRIC POETRY
Anglo-Saxon Lyric Poetry The subjectivity of the Anglo-Saxon people's lifestyle—their bravery, seafaring, hunting, paganism, love of nature, etc.—is the main theme of Anglo-Saxon lyric poetry. Lamenting loss and death is a common topic in Anglo-Saxon elegy poetry. Similar to lyric poetry, elegy also expresses the poet's innermost thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Among the well-known lyric and elegiac poems from the Old English or Anglo-Saxon era are Wulf and Eadmacer, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Wife's Lament, and The Husband's Message. Among the well-known lyric and elegiac poems from the Old English or Anglo-Saxon era are Wulf and Eadmacer, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Wife's Lament, and The Husband's Message. The Wanderer It is a 115-line elegy written by an unidentified Anglo-Saxon poet. It is a young man's grief for his deceased master. The Wonderer journeys aboard a ship, by herself and without companions, in search of a place of safety and ...