Kelly, Catriona (ed.), An Anthology of Russian Women's Writing, 1777–1992, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Contains mainly prose, but also almost one hundred pages of Russian poetry in English translation, with the originals printed in an appendix

Obolensky, Dimitri (ed.), The Heritage of Russian Verse, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976. Originally published as The Penguin Book of Russian Verse, London: Penguin Books, 1962. Offers an excellent selection of major poets with reliable English prose translations

Smith, Gerald S. (ed.), Contemporary Russian Poetry, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Conceived of as a sequel to the Obolensky; includes the work of many significant poets of the last twenty-five years

Hofstadter, Douglas, Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language, New York: Basic Books, 1997. Uses theory and practice of translation as a means to discuss the uniqueness of poetry. One chapter is devoted to Russian poetry, but the entire book raises important questions in a quirky yet highly readable way

Steele, Timothy, All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification, Athens: Ohio University Press, 1999. While limited to English-language poetry, this book is an accessible and intelligent introduction to many questions that are equally relevant to the Russian tradition

Bogomolov, N. A. Stikhotvornaia rech': Posobie dlia uchashchikhsia starshikh klassov, Moscow: Interpraks, 1995

Gasparov, M. L. Russkie stikhi 1890-kh–1925-go godov v kommentariiakh, Moscow: Vysshaia shkola, 1993. Republished under the title Russkii stikh nachala II veka v kommentariiakh, Moscow: Fortuna Limited, 2001

Lotman, Iu. M. Analiz poeticheskogo teksta, Leningrad: Prosveshchenie, 1972. Republished in Iu. M. Lotman, O poetakh i poezii, Saint Petersburg: Iskusstvo–SPB, 1996. This work also exists in an English version, though long out of print: Yuri Lotman, Analysis of the Poetic Text, edited and translated by D. Barton Johnson, Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1976

Gasparov, M. L. Ocherk istorii russkogo stikha, Moscow: Nauka, 1984. Republished under the same title – Moscow: Fortuna Limited, 2000. Divides Russian poetry into six periods and highlights for each one the distinguishing features of rhythm, meter, rhyme, and stanzaic forms. Encyclopedic and brilliant, but not an easy read

Ginzburg, Lidiia, O lirike, Leningrad: Sovetskii pisatel', 1974, republished under the same title – Moscow: Intrada, 1997. An insightful study of Russian poetry from the elegiac school to the early twentieth century with emphasis on genre and style

Jakobson, Roman, Language in Literature, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. Contains numerous seminal essays of poetic analysis as well as influential statements about the nature of poetry

Sandler, Stephanie (ed.), Rereading Russian Poetry, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Analyses from a variety of theoretical positions of specific poems of both canonic and lesser-known poets

Scherr, Barry, Russian Poetry: Meter, Rhythm, and Rhyme, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. A detailed yet clear discussion of all aspects of Russian versification

Wachtel, Michael, The Development of Russian Verse: Meter and Its Meanings, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Focuses on the connection between form and meaning, considering many issues not treated in the present study

Kelly, Catriona (ed.), An Anthology of Russian Women's Writing, 1777–1992, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Contains mainly prose, but also almost one hundred pages of Russian poetry in English translation, with the originals printed in an appendix

Obolensky, Dimitri (ed.), The Heritage of Russian Verse, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976. Originally published as The Penguin Book of Russian Verse, London: Penguin Books, 1962. Offers an excellent selection of major poets with reliable English prose translations

Smith, Gerald S. (ed.), Contemporary Russian Poetry, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Conceived of as a sequel to the Obolensky; includes the work of many significant poets of the last twenty-five years

Hofstadter, Douglas, Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language, New York: Basic Books, 1997. Uses theory and practice of translation as a means to discuss the uniqueness of poetry. One chapter is devoted to Russian poetry, but the entire book raises important questions in a quirky yet highly readable way

Steele, Timothy, All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification, Athens: Ohio University Press, 1999. While limited to English-language poetry, this book is an accessible and intelligent introduction to many questions that are equally relevant to the Russian tradition

Bogomolov, N. A. Stikhotvornaia rech': Posobie dlia uchashchikhsia starshikh klassov, Moscow: Interpraks, 1995

Gasparov, M. L. Russkie stikhi 1890-kh–1925-go godov v kommentariiakh, Moscow: Vysshaia shkola, 1993. Republished under the title Russkii stikh nachala II veka v kommentariiakh, Moscow: Fortuna Limited, 2001

Lotman, Iu. M. Analiz poeticheskogo teksta, Leningrad: Prosveshchenie, 1972. Republished in Iu. M. Lotman, O poetakh i poezii, Saint Petersburg: Iskusstvo–SPB, 1996. This work also exists in an English version, though long out of print: Yuri Lotman, Analysis of the Poetic Text, edited and translated by D. Barton Johnson, Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1976

Gasparov, M. L. Ocherk istorii russkogo stikha, Moscow: Nauka, 1984. Republished under the same title – Moscow: Fortuna Limited, 2000. Divides Russian poetry into six periods and highlights for each one the distinguishing features of rhythm, meter, rhyme, and stanzaic forms. Encyclopedic and brilliant, but not an easy read

Ginzburg, Lidiia, O lirike, Leningrad: Sovetskii pisatel', 1974, republished under the same title – Moscow: Intrada, 1997. An insightful study of Russian poetry from the elegiac school to the early twentieth century with emphasis on genre and style

Jakobson, Roman, Language in Literature, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. Contains numerous seminal essays of poetic analysis as well as influential statements about the nature of poetry

Sandler, Stephanie (ed.), Rereading Russian Poetry, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Analyses from a variety of theoretical positions of specific poems of both canonic and lesser-known poets

Scherr, Barry, Russian Poetry: Meter, Rhythm, and Rhyme, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. A detailed yet clear discussion of all aspects of Russian versification

Wachtel, Michael, The Development of Russian Verse: Meter and Its Meanings, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Focuses on the connection between form and meaning, considering many issues not treated in the present study