English poetry

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This article focuses on poetry from the UK written in the English language. The article does not cover poetry from other countries where the English language is spoken, including Republican 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.