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Poetry
1

-- See Also the narrower term Ballades


Here are entered collections of ballades. Works on the literary form are entered under the heading Ballade.
2

-- 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].
3

-- See Also the narrower term Bards and bardism


4

-- See Also the narrower term Bathetic poetry


5

-- See Also the narrower term Bathetic poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for overtly sentimental or ludicrous poems that exhibit insincere pathos, triteness, or banality.
6

-- See Also the narrower term Bawdy poetry


7

-- See Also the narrower term Bawdy poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that are sexually indecent, coarse, or lewd.
8

-- See Also the narrower term Children's poetry



--subdivision Juvenile poetry under names of countries, cities, etc., under names of individual persons and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, and topical headings
9

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas poetry


10

-- See Also the narrower term College verse


For works limited to one school, the heading is qualified by nationality and an additional subject entry is made under the name of the school, e.g. 1. College verse, American--Massachusetts--Cambridge. 2. Harvard University.
11

-- See Also the narrower term Computer poetry


12

-- See Also the narrower term Concrete poetry


13

-- See Also the narrower term Coplas


14

-- See Also the narrower term Eddas


15

-- See Also the narrower term Elegiac poetry


16

-- See Also the narrower term Epic poetry


17

-- 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.
18

-- See Also the narrower term Erotic poetry


19

-- See Also the narrower term Erotic poetry


20

-- See Also the narrower term Experimental poetry


21

-- See Also the narrower term Experimental poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that emphasize innovative or unconventional technique.
22

-- See Also the narrower term Fabliaux


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for bawdily humorous medieval tales that were generally written in eight-syllable verse.
23

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy poetry


24

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.
25

-- See Also the narrower term Feminist poetry


26

-- See Also the narrower term Folk poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that are composed and transmitted via oral tradition.
27

-- See Also the narrower term Free verse


28

-- See Also the narrower term Free verse


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems whose rhythms are based on the cadences of common speech instead of on conventional metrical patterns.
29

-- See Also the narrower term Ghazals


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems of at least five couplets that are linked by rhyme and/or repetition, in which the final couplet generally mentions the poet by name.
30

-- See Also the narrower term Gnomic poetry


31

-- See Also the narrower term Gnomic poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short poems expressing general truths.
32

-- See Also the narrower term Haiku


33

-- See Also the narrower term Haiku


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for three-line unrhymed poems consisting of 17 syllables that express a single idea, image, or feeling that is generally related to nature. Three-line unrhymed humorous poems consisting of 17 syllables that generally satirize human nature or emotions are entered under Senryu.
34

-- See Also the narrower term Humorous poetry


35

-- See Also the narrower term Humorous poetry


36

-- 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
37

-- See Also the narrower term Imagist poetry


38

-- See Also the narrower term Imagist poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems aimed at clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images.
39

-- See Also the narrower term Kasa


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for lengthy Korean poems whose lines are each broken by pauses into two phrases which create a parallel structure.
40

-- See Also the narrower term Laments


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that express a deep regret or sorrow for the loss of a person or position. Serious, formal lyric poems that reflect on a solemn subject, generally someone's death, are entered under Elegies.
41

-- See Also the narrower term Language poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for modern poems that are characterized by an attempt to unsettle the ordinary working language by systematically disrupting features such as syntax, referentiality and structural principles like argument and narrative.
42

-- See Also the narrower term Lays


43

-- See Also the narrower term Limericks


44

-- See Also the narrower term Liturgy and poetry


45

-- See Also the narrower term Love poetry


46

-- 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.
47

-- See Also the narrower term Lyric poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for songlike poetry that is short, subjective, and personal in subject matter.
48

-- 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.
49

-- See Also the narrower term Narrative poetry


50

-- See Also the narrower term Narrative poetry


This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that tell a story.
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