Christian poetry
Faith-inspired verse
Poetry that expresses or explores Christian faith, themes, or imagery.
The tradition spans from ancient hymns and medieval devotional verse through Milton's epics to contemporary worship lyrics.
Christian poetry may celebrate God, meditate on scripture, wrestle with doubt, or narrate biblical events: George Herbert's metaphysical poems remain touchstones of Christian poetry.
The term covers both explicitly devotional work and poetry that engages Christian ideas more obliquely.
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- hymn singingVocalizing religious songs
- psalmodySacred vocal music practice
- hymnodySacred song tradition
- Ave MariaPrayer to the Madonna
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Christian poetryerotic poetry
Literature of carnal longing
nature poetry · love poetry · political poetry · confessional poetry
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