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The Dream of the Rood

February 25, 2024 / Leave a comment

anonymous (Anglo-Saxon) 7th-8th century (In a vision, the cross of Christ reflects with awe on its part in the death of God.) “The most beautiful of the medieval religious poems”. This is often said of The Dream of the Rood. The first time I read this assessment—I had never even heard of the poem—it was by […]

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Songs and Sonets

December 16, 2014 / Leave a comment

John Donne d. 1631 (An earthy, imaginative, thoughtful soul reveals his view of love, steeped in metaphor and emotion.) Crop of Francesca da Rimini with her lover Paolo, by the Scottish painter William Dyce (1837).  This painting can be seen in the National Galleries of Scotland. Though not quite as scandalous as Paolo, who is here courting his brother’s […]

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Pearl

May 25, 2014 / 1 Comment on Pearl

The West Midlands Poet 14th century (A father struggles to recover faith and peace after losing his baby daughter.) Diversity of structure is one of the wonders of poetry.  Today’s poets often celebrate freedom from structure, which has its own beauty.  The medieval mind cherished a different kind of beauty, one that is neither extinct nor […]

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