found: Work cat.: Before the door of God : an anthology of devotional poetry, 2013:pp. xxi-xxii (devotional lyric poems as distinguished from broader category of religious poetry; vast majority of the poems are addresses to the unknown, conversations (albeit one-sided) with the divine, in whatever way these authors have interpreted that term; the vast majority of the poems included in this volume are written from an identifiably Christian perspective) p. xxx (The devotional lyric proves a supple and flexible medium for representing the varieties of spiritual encounter, from hosannah to lamentation to accusation to bewilderment to defiance to denial, as well as the dynamic interplay between these various, even contradictory, stances)
found: The soul in paraphrase : a treasury of classic devotional poems, 2018, via Google books, viewed June 5, 2019:introd. (the genre of devotional poetry; most devotional poetry takes specifically spiritual experience for its subject matter; tends to take specifically religious life as it subject; also definable by its effect on a reader; devotional poetry fixes our thoughts on the spiritual life and inspires us toward excellence in it)
found: Baldick, C. The Oxford dictionary of literary terms, 2008, via Oxford reference online, June 5, 2019(Devotional Poetry. Poetry expressing religious worship or prayer. This is a large and varied category of verse, distinguished from secular poetry of all kinds, especially in the study of medieval lyrics. A secular love poem may express devotion to the beloved, but it would still not be classed as devotional poetry)
found: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics, ©2012(Devotional Poetry; distinction between religious poetry in general and devotional poetry in particular is never absolute; devotional poetry is often recognizable for its tendency to address a divinity, a sacred thing, or a religious figure; shows a close kinship with lyric poetry, and it often uses an intimate, first-person voice; in general, the term excludes polemical and homiletic poetry, as well as epics and other long narrative forms, though these may include devotional forms and serve devotional purposes. Much devotional poetry portrays the relation to the divine in terms of wonder and praise, but some concerns painful experiences of affliction, guilt, unfulfilled longing, estrangement, and doubt. Its most common forms are prayer, meditation, and hymn; its purposes include praise (see epideictic poetry), supplication, complaint, lament, consolation, self-examination, and confession)
found: The Oxford dictionary of Islam, 2003, via Oxford reference online, June 5, 2019(under Devotional Poetry: The first major genre entirely confined to devotional expression was the mawlud, a poem recited on the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Parallel with the mawlud is a narrative that describes the wondrous acts of the Prophet, of the first four caliphs, or very often of Sufi saints. Both folk and "high" Muslim devotional poetry are found throughout the Islamic world)
found: The Oxford handbook of British poetry, 1660-1800, 2016, via Oxford handbooks online, June 5, 2019(Devotional Poetry. Poems that express a feeling and experience of devotion deliberately and self-consciously ask readers to feel and repeat their faith through meter and rhythm: the sound the poem makes, measured through prosody, forges a path to God; devotional poetry as a genre of affective listening able to tune the believer to God's presence and love)
found: Morgan, V.N. Devotional verse, 2019, via Oxford bibliographies website, June 5, 2019(The most common feature of devotional verse is the presence of a speaker who seeks self-definition through a source that is felt to be external to and/or greater or other than the self. It is therefore a flexible and potentially very powerful genre--something that contributed to its wide appeal and usage during the Victorian period. A large body of religious poetry makes up this genre, and this is most frequently situated within the various branches of the Christian tradition)
found: LCSH, June 5, 2019(Devotional poetry. BT Devotional literature)
