23+ Dream Of The Rood Poem Pics. The dream of the rood is the earliest english dream poem to be found in written form. This poem is remarkable for its extensive use of hypermetric lines, used contrapuntally to accommodate significantly more complex thematic material (swanton 61).
The theory that the dream of the rood is by caedmon depends upon certain considerations relative to the ruthwell cross.
Like most old english poetry, it is written in alliterative verse. The poet dreams one midnight that the cross on which jesus was crucified appears and speaks to him. Þūhte mē þæt ic gesāwesyllicre trēow on lyft lǣdan,lēohte bewunden, 5 bēama beorhtost.eall þæt bēacen wæs begoten mid golde;gimmas stōdon fægere æt foldan scēatum. The poem is structured in four parts: