Home›Poetry›FormBrowse ByFormFactsFormSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested2500 BCE 1FormFilter Results7 entriesGenreAllEpic (4)Historical Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (1)Pastoral (1)Poetry (3)The Novel (1)Tragicomedy (1)AuthorAllAlexander Pushkin (1)Attar of Nishapur (1)Herman Melville (1)John Fletcher (1)Khaled Hosseini (1)Leo Tolstoy (1)Rainer Maria Rilke (2)Rumi (1)Victor Hugo (1)Composition YearAll1040 (1)1258 (1)1608 (1)1609 (1)1825 (1)1850 (1)1851 (1)1862 (1)1865 (1)1869 (1)1912 (1)1923 (2)1977 (1)2018 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (3)French (2)German (2)Iranian Persian (1)Romanian (2)Russian (2)Sinitic (1)Country of OriginAllAustria (2)France (2)Iran (1)Russia (2)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)AudienceAllChildren's (1)General (7)ModeAllDrama (1)Poetry (3)Prose (1)Origin YearAll1200 (1)StructureAllFixed Form (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareThe Chanson de GesteForm1 entryThe ElegyForm1 entryThe MasnaviForm2 entriesThe NovelForm4 entriesThe Play (Dramatic Form)Form1 entryThe SonnetForm1 entryThe Verse NovelForm1 entrySources1. Poetry (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationPoetry, lead section, earliest written poetry sentenceQuote, Poetry, lead section, earliest written poetry sentenceSome of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.