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Literature guide 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Old English | The language of the Anglo-Saxons. |
| Caedmon's Hymn | Composed by Caedmon and recognized as the oldest surviving poem in the English language. |
| Ecclesiastical History of the English People | Recorded in Latin by the venerable poet, Bede |
| Hagiography | A biography of a saint or holy person. |
| Caesura | A deliberate pause, break, or stop within a line of poetry or music, usually marked by a punctuation like a comma, dash, or period. |