Liturgical poetry

found: Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics, c2012(Liturgical poetry: In the Western world, liturgical poetry has encompassed a vast array of oral and written texts, from the early Latin hymns of Prudentius to the Jewish piyyutim of Palestine and Cairo to the 12th century sequences of Hildegard of Bingen to the liturgical poetics of contemporary writers such as Patrick Prichett. Within many religious traditions, the liturgy consists in considerable part of poetry composed, arranged, and altered to suit the formal demands of ritual practices.)

found: Poetry connection, via WWW, viewed May 10, 2013(Latin poetry emerged in 4 AD most prominently as Liturgical verse, a Latin poetic alternative to the pagan classics. The poetry was most often developed from scripture and the tradition of the Catholic mass. Usually the verse was liturgical, publically interactive with lines for both cleric and congregation. Secular verse was thematic. The sub genres of liturgical verse are: antiphon, anthem, benison or blessing, canticle, charm, curse, dirge, evensong, hymn, imprecation, incantation, invocation, litany, matins or morning songs, nightsong, psalm, requiem, vespers.)

found: The modern Hebrew poem itself, c2003:p. 354 (Many types of liturgical poems were written throughout the ages for occasions in the religious and national life of the people--prayers, holiday songs, litanies, elegies, etc.)