In one book, for the first time, all the lyrical poems of A. A. Fet (1820–1892), included in the Educational Standard for Secondary Schools and in the Program for Entrants to Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov: “The cat sings, eyes squinting... ", "A wavy cloud...", "Whisper, timid breathing...", "This morning, this joy...", "The night was shining, the garden was full of the moon. They lay..." and others. Each of the fourteen chapters is an analysis of one of the poems. The motivic structure, figurative structure, vocabulary, features of sound writing, metrics and rhythms of Fetov's texts are considered. For teachers of schools, gymnasiums and lyceums, high school students, applicants, students and philologist teachers and all admirers of Russian literary classics.SummaryА. M. Ranchin. A Guide to A.A. Fet’s Verse: a manual. Moscow: Moscow University Press, 2010. — (The School for Thoughtful Reading Series).It is for the first time that all A. A. Fet's (1820–1892) lyrical poems included in the Educational Standard for secondary schools and the Obligatory Reading List for school-leavers taking entrance exams for Lomonosov Moscow State University are analyzed in one book: 'The cat is purring and its eyes are squinting…'(Kot poyot, glaza prishchurya….); ‘A wavy cloud...’ (Oblakom volnistym...); 'Whispers, bashful breathing...’(Shopot, robkoye dykhanie...); ‘This morning and this joy...’(Eto morning, radost’ eta...); ‘The night was shining, garden full of moon...’ (Siyala noch, lunoy byl polon sad. Lezhali...) and others. Each of the fourteen chapters contains analysis of one poem. Things under consideration are: the motif structure, the structure of imagery, vocabulary, peculiarities of sound symbolism, metrics and rhythmics of Fet’s texts. When called for, some of Fet's biographical data are given — the ones reflected in his poems.For teachers of schools, lyceums and gymnasia, high school pupils, school-leavers taking university entrance exams, students and professors of philology and all the lovers of Russian classical literature.