Skip to Main Content

Literature Research Guide: Poetry

Find information about books, authors, criticisms, etc.

Poet Biographies and Poems - Databases

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry This link opens in a new window
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Bloom's Literary Reference Online This link opens in a new window

How to Cite from a Database

Find the pre-made MLA citation for the article/poem and copy/paste it!

Super simple!

Poet Biographies and Poems - Websites

Poets.org
The organization's mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.
Poetry Foundation

How to Cite from a Website

Choose Website

Choose Web page

Begin to fill out the form!

Use the author of the poem as the contributor

Use the title of the poem as the Web page or document/article title

Help please!