In the book for the first time collected all the works of Y. M. Lotman, dedicated to Russian poetry and the work of poets of the XVIII-XX centuries . The volume consists of three sections: the first is the monograph “Analysis of Poetic Text”, which has become a reference book for young philologists; the second is articles and studies of a historical and literary nature, giving a panorama of poetry from M. Lomonosov to I. Brodsky; third - reviews, notes, abstracts of reports. Section "Appendix" made up fragments of "Books for the teacher" . Introductory article by the largest philologist M. L. Gasparova talks about Yu's contribution . M. Lotman in the theory of verse . The book is addressed to specialists-philologists, teachers and students of universities and schools, as well as to all those interested in poetry .