Rood

“Dream of the Rood” Marketing for Christianity

The poem “Dream of the Rood” is an example of dream/vision poetry that was intended to persuade people…

My response to The Dream of The Rood

We all have our idea of life after death and our thoughts of who God is and how he is perceived…

Dream of the Rood

The poem, “Dream of the Rood”, tells the story of a dream about the crucification of Christ being told by the roods…

Dream of the Rood Response

So as I’m reading this I think the poem here is basically a commercial for old Anglo Christianity because in the first stanza I think the narrator is hit with the voice of god and in this “conversation” he’s given a small tour of heaven. In the continuity of this poem it seems…

Dream of the Rood (late because of technical difficulties)

The poem by an unknown writer centers around Christian theology and Christ’s sacrifice for his followers. The selfless hero is depicted as a savior for the human race. Beautifully described as a heroic and religious figure…

The Dream of the Rood and the Crucifixion of Christ

The Dream of The Rood and The Crucifix

There seems to be a back and forth, two narrator situation in the story that feels almost…

“Dream of the Rood”

The Dream of the Rood starts as if the narrator was a normal person dreaming about a precious tree that was put down and fallen. The…

The relationship between Christ and the Rood in “The Dream of the Rood”

“the Dream of the Rood” was in a point of view within two perspectives, the rood and the man who is having the dream. What really stood out to me was how the rood’s perspective was so detailed. The Rood and Christ had the same “war-like experience” when…

Dream of the Rood

Symbolism is no stranger to the poem Dream of the Rood, the narrator describes a symbolic dream he had thought out the poem. He first starts off with the beautiful tree. “Beauteous tree uplifted in the air, enwreathed with light, brightest of beams”.