page_title: English poetry
hierarchical_section_title: English poetry
caption_attribution_description: The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry, oil on canvas, 13 3/8 x 18 1/8 in
context_page_description: The article does not cover poetry from other countries where the English language is spoken, including Southern Ireland after December 1922.
  The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English, may have been composed as early as the 7th century.
context_section_description: This article focuses on poetry from the United Kingdom written in the English language.  The article does not cover poetry from other countries where the English language is spoken, including Southern Ireland after December 1922.
  The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English, may have been composed as early as the 7th century.
caption: The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry, Ford Madox Brown.
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