Academics, Language Researchers, Students, Poets Writers - see analysis of textsm

Surviving words from Old English have a special power to communicate. Their direct simplicity speaks clearly to all who know the English language. m

Great writers, especially poets, have always understood this.
To see how some of them have used the oldest words in English to reach people’s hearts and minds, click on the links below.

Dylan Thomas Stephen Crane
William Wordsworth F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot Jane Austen
Charles Dickens Charlotte Bronte
George Orwell Joseph Conrad

Optimum can also analyse any other Late Modern English text, not only for Old English but also for words from Old Norse, Greek, Dutch and other languages. Click herem

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Academics and language researchers - to see details of our Language Report on vocabulary used everyday by people throughout Britain. Click here