poetry anthology

Gathered verse volume

A poetry anthology is a collection of poems by various authors, typically organized around a theme, period, or style.

Anthologies serve as introductions to a literary tradition or survey a particular subject: the Norton Anthology of Poetry, an anthology of war poems.

Distinguished from a single poet's collected works.

Related
  • free versePoetry without fixed structure
  • elegyPoem lamenting the departed
  • ModernismBreak from traditional forms
  • epicImpressively grand in scope
  • haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse

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Opposites
authorship scope

poetry anthologycollected poems

Compiled verse anthology

complete works · monograph · debut collection · chapbook

literary form

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New and unusual

short story collection · essay collection · fiction anthology

collection vs. singular work

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Extended heroic narrative verse

long poem · novel · monograph · treatise

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