They are written in the style of Anglo-Saxon poetry and range in topics from the religious to the mundane.

Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort.

Since the battle is well represented amongst such a small corpus of Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, it was probably significant and once widely known.

Anglo-Saxon poetry is marked by the comparative rarity of similes.

It is with these stylistic and thematic elements in mind, that one should first approach Anglo-Saxon poetry.

A similar concept is found in Anglo-Saxon poetry.

This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry.

The position has implications for how Anglo-Saxon poetry should be approached for purposes of literary criticism.

It is a particular feature of Anglo-Saxon poetry.

This manuscript is one of four main sources for modern knowledge of Anglo-Saxon poetry.