How would caedmon react if he were able to experience a second miracle? he would hide the miracle from the other monks. he would write a book to preach his religion. he would be grateful and praise god in song. he would leave the monastery.

He would be grateful and praise God in song.

Caedmon's Hymn is a poem that was originally written in Old English. It was composed between 658 and 680 and therefore, is the oldest recorded Old English poem.

Caedmon was a cow-herder who, after witnessing a miracle, was able to sing a Christian song in verse, the words of which he had never heard before.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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