Home›Poetry›Length Band›NovelBrowse ByNovelFactsNovelSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested2500 BCE 1NovelFilter Results27 entriesGenreAllEpic (14)Historical Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (10)National Epic (1)Pastoral (2)Poetry (2)Tragicomedy (1)AuthorAllAdam Mickiewicz (1)Aime Cesaire (1)Alexander Pushkin (1)Charles Baudelaire (1)Dante Alighieri (1)Elias Lönnrot (1)Georg Trakl (1)Hafez (1)Heinrich Heine (1)Herman Melville (1)Homer (2)John Fletcher (1)John Milton (1)Langston Hughes (1)Luís de Camões (1)Nguyễn Du (1)Omar Khayyam (1)Ovid (1)Petrarch (1)Rainer Maria Rilke (1)Rumi (1)Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1)Theocritus (1)Valmiki (1)Victor Hugo (1)Walt Whitman (1)William Wordsworth (1)Composition YearAll-750 (1)-700 (1)-275 (1)8 (1)1258 (1)1308 (1)1320 (1)1327 (1)1572 (1)1608 (1)1609 (1)1667 (1)1798 (1)1820 (1)1825 (1)1827 (1)1834 (1)1835 (1)1850 (1)1851 (1)1855 (1)1857 (1)1859 (1)1862 (1)1913 (1)1921 (1)1922 (1)1923 (1)1925 (1)1926 (1)1939 (1)Original LanguageAllAncient Greek (2)English (6)Finnish (1)French (3)German (3)Iranian Persian (3)Italian (2)Latin (2)Polish (1)Portuguese (1)Romanian (1)Russian (1)Sanskrit (1)Sinitic (2)Vietnamese (1)Country of OriginAllAncient Rome (1)Austria (2)Finland (1)France (3)Germany (1)Greece (2)India (1)Iran (1)Italy (2)Martinique (1)Portugal (1)Russia (1)United Kingdom (3)United States (3)Vietnam (1)AudienceAllChildren's (1)General (26)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 27Buch der LiederNovelCanzoniereNovelDivan-e HafezNovelEugene OneginNovelGedichteNovelIdyllsNovelKalevalaNovelLeaves of GrassNovelLes Fleurs du malNovelLes MisérablesNovelLyrical BalladsNovelMasnaviNovelMetamorphosesNovelMoby-DickNovelNotebook of a Return to My Native LandNovelOs LusíadasNovelPan TadeuszNovelParadise LostNovelRamayanaNovelRubaiyat of Omar KhayyamNovelSonnets to OrpheusNovelThe Divine ComedyNovelThe Faithful ShepherdessNovelThe IliadNovelThe OdysseyNovelThe Tale of KieuNovelThe Weary BluesNovelSources1. 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.