A friend and I, are looking for the name that you would call a group of poems.....Any Ideas?

-- david brooks (dbrooks51@aol.com), February 19, 1999

Answers

There are several such terms. They are:

CANON: A group of works by a single author or a list of works considered to be either classic or representative of a particular culture.

POETIC COLLECTIONS: A group of poems having a sequential form.

LYRIC SEQUENCE: A grouping of poems and/or passages that tend to interact as elements of a whole.

SONNET SEQUENCE: Like a lyric sequence, but composed of sonnets that can be organized according to a paricular order.

CYCLE: A group of poems by various authors treating the same theme.

ANTHOLOGY: A compilation or collection, often, but not necessarily, arranged by form, subject, poet, or nationality.

COMPANION POEMS: A pair of poems written to be read as complements, opposites, or replies.

I hope this helps you.

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), February 20, 1999.

poetic anthology

-- Kim (Kim@aol.com), February 19, 1999.