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The notion of a "collection" differs in definition from volumes of a poet's "[[Collected Poems|collected poems]]", "[[Selected Poems|selected poems]]" or from a [[anthology|poetry anthology]]. Typically, a volume entitled "Collected Poems" is a compilation by a poet or an editor of a poet's work that is often both published and previously unpublished, drawn over a set span of years of the poet's work, or the entire poet's life, that represents a more complete or definitive edition of the poet's work. Comparatively, a volume titled "[[Selected Poems|selected poems]]" often includes a small but not definitive selection of poems by an poet or editor drawn from several of the poet's collections. A poetry anthology differs in concept because it draws together works from multiple poets chosen by the anthology's editor.
The notion of a "collection" differs in definition from volumes of a poet's "[[Collected Poems|collected poems]]", "[[Selected Poems|selected poems]]" or from a [[anthology|poetry anthology]]. Typically, a volume entitled "Collected Poems" is a compilation by a poet or an editor of a poet's work that is often both published and previously unpublished, drawn over a set span of years of the poet's work, or the entire poet's life, that represents a more complete or definitive edition of the poet's work. Comparatively, a volume titled "[[Selected Poems|selected poems]]" often includes a small but not definitive selection of poems by an poet or editor drawn from several of the poet's collections. A poetry anthology differs in concept because it draws together works from multiple poets chosen by the anthology's editor.


==By title in alphabetical order==
Because there is often confusion as to what constitutes a "collection", the list below only includes single volumes of poetry that were published at the direction of the author as a stand-alone collection and not any compiled editions of "collected works" or "selected works."
Because there is often confusion as to what constitutes a "collection", the list below only includes single volumes of poetry that were published at the direction of the author as a stand-alone collection and not any compiled editions of "collected works" or "selected works."


==A - D==
===Numbers==
* ''77 Dream Songs'' (1964) - [[John Berryman]]

===A - D===
*''[[Ariel (book)|Ariel]] - [[Sylvia Plath]]
*''[[Ariel (book)|Ariel]] - [[Sylvia Plath]]
*''[[Auguries of Innocence (poems)|Auguries of Innocence]]'' – [[Patti Smith]]
*''[[Auguries of Innocence (poems)|Auguries of Innocence]]'' – [[Patti Smith]]
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*''[[Dramatis Personae]]'' — [[Robert Browning]]
*''[[Dramatis Personae]]'' — [[Robert Browning]]


==E - M==
===E - M===


*''[[Early Work]]'' – [[Patti Smith]]
*''[[Early Work]]'' – [[Patti Smith]]
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*''[[The Exeter Book]]''
*''[[The Exeter Book]]''
*''[[Four Quartets]]'' – [[T. S. Eliot]]
*''[[Four Quartets]]'' – [[T. S. Eliot]]
* ''His Toy, His Dream, His Rest'' (1968) - [[John Berryman]]
*''[[Homeric Hymns]]''
*''[[Homeric Hymns]]''
*''[[Idylls of the King]]'' – [[Alfred Tennyson]]
*''[[Idylls of the King]]'' – [[Alfred Tennyson]]
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*''[[Mother Goose]]'' (generic for collections of [[nursery rhymes]])
*''[[Mother Goose]]'' (generic for collections of [[nursery rhymes]])


==N - Z==
===N - Z===
*''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats]]'' - [[T. S. Eliot]]
*''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats]]'' - [[T. S. Eliot]]
*''[[Olney Hymns]]''
*''[[Olney Hymns]]''

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The cover of the first edition of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets (1943) published in the United States by Harcourt. Four Quartets is a collection of four long poems described as interlinked meditations with the common theme being man's relationship with time, the universe, and the divine.

A poetry collection is often a compilation of several poems by one poet to be published in a single volume. A collection can include any number of poems, ranging from a few (e.g. the four long poems in T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets) to several hundred poems (as is often seen in collections of haiku). Typically the poems included in single volume of poetry, or a cycle of poems, are linked by their style or thematic material. Most poets publish several volumes of poetry through the course their life while other poets publish one (e.g. Walt Whitman's lifelong expansion of Leaves of Grass).

The notion of a "collection" differs in definition from volumes of a poet's "collected poems", "selected poems" or from a poetry anthology. Typically, a volume entitled "Collected Poems" is a compilation by a poet or an editor of a poet's work that is often both published and previously unpublished, drawn over a set span of years of the poet's work, or the entire poet's life, that represents a more complete or definitive edition of the poet's work. Comparatively, a volume titled "selected poems" often includes a small but not definitive selection of poems by an poet or editor drawn from several of the poet's collections. A poetry anthology differs in concept because it draws together works from multiple poets chosen by the anthology's editor.

By title in alphabetical order

Because there is often confusion as to what constitutes a "collection", the list below only includes single volumes of poetry that were published at the direction of the author as a stand-alone collection and not any compiled editions of "collected works" or "selected works."

=Numbers

A - D

E - M

N - Z

See also

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