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• In this period it was sungabout battles, gods, and their ancestral heroes. These songs of religion, wars, and agriculture marked the beginning of English poetry in ancient England.
• It was mostly sung instead of written. The most famous one is Beowulf. It is the first English epic poem. Beowulf narrates a tale of the adventures of Beowulf, a brave hero.
• The most famous religious poets of the Anglo-Saxon period were Caedmon and Cynewulf. Caedmon was the first English writer.