Dream of the Rood: An analysis

When reading Dream of the Rood, I was instantly drawn to the beautiful imagery the words invoked. The author really had a talent for sensing the possibilities of emotions from an inanimate object. This poem seems to be written during a time when praising God was the only kind of literature there was. Not necessarily because that's all these authors could write, but because that's all they decided was worthy of being written. A contextual analysis of this poem reveals that the author felt as if he needed to be more grateful for the suffering that he enjoyed his life because his suffering was nothing compared to even the tree that was used to put Christ today. This also goes with a historical analysis for the author of this poem is quite unknown and would've probably been a monk. A monk would not have wanted his name on it but rather have wanted his words to live on and give credit only to God.