Home›Sources›The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and PoeticsSourcesThe Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and PoeticsReference Encyclopedia, Fourth EditionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLiterature Atlas. "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/princeton-encyclopedia-poetry-poetics.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLiterature Atlas. (n.d.). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/princeton-encyclopedia-poetry-poeticsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{literatureatlas-the-princeton-encyclopedia-of-poetry-and, author = {Literature Atlas}, title = {The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics}, year = {2026}, url = {https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/princeton-encyclopedia-poetry-poetics}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe standard scholarly reference on poetic form, genre and movement, used here chiefly for the definitions and histories of lyric poetry, epic, the sonnet and the haiku.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (194 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedPrinceton University PressSource TypeWell-attestedliterary-referenceReliability TierWell-attested1SourcesThe Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poeticstier 1Princeton University PressClaims Backed By This Source (194 claims)This source backs 194 claims across the atlas. As facts: 110 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 15 holds, 23 connected. Plus 45 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicForms, 88 claims: 41 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 10 holds, 16 connected, 20 general references.Articles, 46 claims: 32 well-attested, 14 general references.Open Questions, 25 claims: 19 well-attested, 3 connected, 3 general references.Genres, 18 claims: 11 well-attested, 7 general references.Authors, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Works, 3 claims: 1 holds, 2 connected.Well-attested110ArticlesA Dance Before It Was a PoemA Name With No Agreed OriginA Poem With No Single AuthorA Translation More Famous Than Its OriginalThe Astronomer Who May Not Have Written His Own PoemsThe Man Who Did Not Invent ItThe Refrain Composers Wrote FirstAuthorsMatsuo BashoFormsBlank VerseRengaTerza RimaThe BalladThe ElegyThe EpigramThe GhazalThe HaikuThe LimerickThe OdeThe RondeauThe RubaiyatThe SestinaThe SonnetThe TankaThe VillanelleGenresComedyEpicLyric PoetrySatireTragedyOpen QuestionsThe Rubaiyat Attribution QuestionThe Sicilian Sonnet QuestionThe Villanelle Invention QuestionSourcesThe Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and PoeticsScholarly debate1FormsFree VerseHolds15AuthorsHenry Howard, Earl of SurreySamuel Taylor ColeridgeSir Thomas WyattWilliam WordsworthFormsBlank VerseSijoTerza RimaThe ElegyThe OdeThe RondeauThe RubaiyatWorksHamletConnected23AuthorsMiguel de CervantesSir Thomas WyattFormsBlank VerseFree VerseRengaThe BalladThe ElegyThe EpigramThe GhazalThe HaikuThe LimerickThe OdeThe SestinaThe SonnetThe TankaThe VillanelleOpen QuestionsThe Rubaiyat Attribution QuestionThe Sicilian Sonnet QuestionThe Villanelle Invention QuestionWorksKubla KhanThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerGeneral References45ArticlesA Dance Before It Was a PoemA Name With No Agreed OriginA Poem With No Single AuthorA Translation More Famous Than Its OriginalThe Astronomer Who May Not Have Written His Own PoemsThe Man Who Did Not Invent ItThe Refrain Composers Wrote FirstAuthorsMatsuo BashoFormsBlank VerseFree VerseRengaTerza RimaThe BalladThe ElegyThe EpigramThe GhazalThe HaikuThe LimerickThe OdeThe RondeauThe RubaiyatThe SestinaThe SonnetThe TankaThe VillanelleGenresComedyEpicLyric PoetrySatireTragedyOpen QuestionsThe Rubaiyat Attribution QuestionThe Sicilian Sonnet QuestionThe Villanelle Invention QuestionComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year