narrative poetry
type of poetry which tells a story
epic poem
lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily detailing heroic deeds
The Twelve
1918 poem written by Alexander Blok
lyric poem
poem in the style of song lyrics and/or meant to be set to music
Moses
poem by Ivan Franko
At the Top of One's Voice
last poem of Vladimir Mayakovsky
wooden-fish books
traditional Cantonese poetic form
Dulce et Decorum est
narrative poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I
Who Is Happy in Russia?
unfinished poem by Nikolay Nekrasov
Raleigh was Right
Poem by William Carlos Williams
Andreas
Old English poem, which tells the story of St. Andrew the Apostle
mock-heroic poem
satiric parody of Classical heroic literature
Sir Perceval of Galles
Middle English Arthurian verse romance
About That
poem by Vladimir Majakovski
Demon
poem by Mikhail Lermontov
The Robber Brothers
poem by Alexander Pushkin
Russian Women
two-poem cycle by Nikolai Nekrasov
The Man
poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky
Elene
Old English poem by Cynewulf about Helen, mother of Constantine the Roman Emperor, tasked with finding the cross on which Jesus was crucified
John the Valiant
poem by Sándor Petőfi (1844)
verse novel
literary genre
The Prisoner of the Caucasus
poem by Alexander Pushkin
beast epic
medieval literary form consisting of a series of linked stories grouped around animal characters and often presenting satirical comment on the church or court by means of human qualities attributed to beast characters
Li Sao
poem attributed to Qu Yuan
The Vision of Don Roderick
poem by Walter Scott
The Ratcatcher: A Lyrical Satire
1925–26 poem by Marina Tsvetaeva
The Waste Land
poem by T.S. Eliot
The Gypsies
poem by Alexander Pushkin
Song of the Murdered Jewish People
work by Itzhak Katzenelson
A Woman and Death
short story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky
Grandfather
1870 poem by Nikolay Nekrasov