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Poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Anti-war poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Autobiographical poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Autograph verse

-- See Also the narrower term Ballads

Here are entered collections of ballads in various unrelated languages. Works in a single language or group of languages are entered under this heading with language qualifier, e.g. Ballads, English; Ballads, Germanic. For works consisting of ballads of an individual ethnic group, additional subject entries are made under the heading [ethnic group]--Music and under the heading Folk music--[place] or Music--[place].

-- See Also the narrower term Bards and bardism

-- See Also the narrower term Biographical poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Blank verse

-- See Also the narrower term Children's poetry

--subdivision Juvenile poetry under names of countries, cities, etc., names of individual persons and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, names of deities and mythological or legendary figures, individual and groups of fictitious and legendary characters, and topical headings

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Concrete poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Didactic poetry

Poems that are intended to be instructional.

-- See Also the narrower term Doggerel

-- See Also the narrower term Eddas

-- See Also the narrower term Elegiac poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Epic poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Epigrams

Here are entered collections of epigrams. Works on the epigram as a literary form are entered under the heading Epigram.
--subdivision Quotations, maxims, etc. under topical headings, e.g. Politics, Practical--Quotations, maxims, etc.

-- See Also the narrower term Erotic poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Fairy poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Feminist poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Found poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Free verse

-- See Also the narrower term Haiku

-- See Also the narrower term Historical poetry

--subdivision History--Poetry or subdivision History--[period subdivision]--Poetry under names of countries, cities, etc.; and subdivision Poetry under names of historical events and persons

-- See Also the narrower term Horror poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Humorous poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Hymns

Here are entered general collections of hymns, with qualification, when appropriate, by language, e.g. Hymns, English. For collections of hymns of an individual Christian denomination an additional subject entry is made under the heading for the denomination with subdivision Hymns, e.g. Catholic Church--Hymns.
--names of individual hymns, e.g. Gloria in excelsis Deo

-- See Also the narrower term Imagist poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Language poetry

Here are entered works on a type of modern poetry that is characterized by an attempt to unsettle the ordinary working of language by systematically disrupting features such as syntax, referentiality, and structural principles like argument and narrative.

-- See Also the narrower term Laudatory poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Limericks

-- See Also the narrower term Love poetry

Here are entered works of poetry that revolve around a central romantic relationship. Works of poetry that depict love, but do not revolve around a central romantic relationship, are entered under Love--Poetry.

-- See Also the narrower term Lyric poetry

Here are entered general works. The lyric poetry of individual countries is entered under English poetry, French poetry, German poetry, etc.

-- See Also the narrower term Madrigals

This heading is not qualified by medium of performance. For madrigals for a specific medium, an additional heading is assigned for the medium of performance.

-- See Also the narrower term Narrative poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Occasional verse

-- See Also the narrower term Poetry, Modern

-- See Also the narrower term Political poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Prose poems

-- See Also the narrower term Scalds and scaldic poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Sea poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Sound poetry

Here are entered poems that are meant to be performed that emphasize sounds instead of semantics for their meaning. Works on poems that are meant to be performed and that are heavily stressed, metrically regular, and are characterized by improvisation, free association, and word play are entered under Spoken word poetry.

-- See Also the narrower term Spoken word poetry

Here are entered works on poems that are meant to be performed and that are heavily stressed, metrically regular, and are characterized by improvisation, free association, and word play. Works on poems that are meant to be performed that emphasize sounds instead of semantics for their meaning are entered under Sound poetry.

-- See Also the narrower term Visual poetry

-- See Also the narrower term War poetry

--subdivision Poetry under names of wars, e.g. World War, 1939-1945--Poetry

-- See Also the narrower term Young adult poetry

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