BISAC Subject Headings List, Poetry
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Step 2: Determine the specific term which describes your book.
An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2012 Edition.
Critical works should be assigned "LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry" and any other subjects needed in the LITERARY CRITICISM section (and should not be assigned any subjects in the POETRY section).
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
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All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
If you can't find the code you're looking for please go back and review other Major Subjects to find an alternate code or use our Contact Form to suggest revisions to the next version of the list.
Step 2: Determine the specific term which describes your book.
An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2012 Edition.
POETRY
Use subjects in this section only for poetic works. Subjects may be used alone (for individual works or collections by one author) or with "POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors)". Note that as of Version 2.2, the geographic subheadings in this section are available for single-author or multiple-author collections.Critical works should be assigned "LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry" and any other subjects needed in the LITERARY CRITICISM section (and should not be assigned any subjects in the POETRY section).
| POE000000 | POETRY / General |
| POE007000 | POETRY / African |
| POE005010 | POETRY / American / General |
| POE005050 | POETRY / American / African American |
| POE005060 | POETRY / American / Asian American |
| POE005070 | POETRY / American / Hispanic American |
| POE008000 | POETRY / Ancient & Classical |
| POE001000 | POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors) |
| POE009000 | POETRY / Asian / General |
| POE009010 | POETRY / Asian / Chinese |
| POE009020 | POETRY / Asian / Japanese |
| POE010000 | POETRY / Australian & Oceanian |
| POE011000 | POETRY / Canadian |
| POE012000 | POETRY / Caribbean & Latin American |
| POE014000 | POETRY / Epic |
| POE005030 | POETRY / European / General |
| POE005020 | POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| POE017000 | POETRY / European / French |
| PEO018000 | POETRY / European / German |
| POE019000 | POETRY / European / Italian |
| POE020000 | POETRY / European / Spanish & Portuguese |
| POE021000 | POETRY / Gay & Lesbian |
| POETRY / History & Criticism see LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry | |
| POE022000 | POETRY / Medieval |
| POE013000 | POETRY / Middle Eastern |
| POE015000 | POETRY / Native American |
| POETRY / Nursery Rhymes see JUVENILE FICTION / Nursery Rhymes | |
| POE016000 | POETRY / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| POE023000 | POETRY / Subjects & Themes / General |
| POE023010 | POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death |
| POE003000 | POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious |
| POE023020 | POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love |
| POE023030 | POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Nature |
| POE023040 | POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places |
| POE024000 | POETRY / Women Authors |
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.