Beowulf is considered the oldest English epic, also the longest of known poems in Old English and the first major recorded poem in a european vernacular language. It was written 350 years before the time of William the Conqueror (around 975- 1000 AD). <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> is a Satire , <em>The</em><em>Wanderer </em>is an Elegy , and <em>Widsith </em> is a traveller's poem/song.
