BISAC Subject Headings List
Poetry
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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 & Black |
POE005060 |
POETRY / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander |
POE005070 |
POETRY / American / Hispanic & Latino |
POE015000 |
POETRY / American / Native 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 |
POE005030 |
POETRY / European / General |
POE027000 |
POETRY / European / Eastern * |
POE005020 |
POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
POE017000 |
POETRY / European / French |
POE018000 |
POETRY / European / German |
POE019000 |
POETRY / European / Italian |
POE020000 |
POETRY / European / Spanish & Portuguese |
POE014000 |
POETRY / Epic |
POE025000 |
POETRY / Haiku |
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POETRY / History & Criticism see LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry |
POE011010 |
POETRY / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island |
POE028000 |
POETRY / Jewish * |
POE021000 |
POETRY / LGBTQ+ |
POE022000 |
POETRY / Medieval |
POE013000 |
POETRY / Middle Eastern |
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POETRY / Nursery Rhymes see JUVENILE FICTION / Nursery Rhymes |
POE016000 |
POETRY / Russian & Soviet |
POE026000 |
POETRY / Shakespeare |
POE029000 |
POETRY / Sonnets * |
POE023000 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / General |
POE023030 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Animals & Nature |
POE023010 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss |
POE023050 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family |
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POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Humorous see HUMOR / Form / Limericks & Verse |
POE003000 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious |
POE023020 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica |
POE023040 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places |
POE023060 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Political & Protest * |
POE023070 |
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / War * |
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POETRY / Turkic see Middle Eastern |
POE024000 |
POETRY / Women Authors |
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