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Very much enjoyed this Holly- and the poem about the female barrow burial is amazing- the tension between metaphor and imagining herself speaking from inside the mound.

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I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I love the poem too - it might just be my favourite Anglo-Saxon poem! Have you read the post I wrote all about it? 👇🏻

https://open.substack.com/pub/tellingtheirtales/p/the-wifes-lament?r=1nbn9a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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