The Wanderer, translated from the Anglo-Saxon and read by Michael Blackburn
Channel: English Readings
Date: 2022-05-04

For this translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem, The Wanderer, I have avoided trying to imitate the alliterative technique of the original and employed a more neutral diction. I have, however, cast the poem into unrhyming octosyllabic lines in order to retain some internal structuring and to give the verse a sense of measure.

Image is from a photograph of Tupholme Abbey (Lincolnshire) in winter.