The book contains for the first time all the works of Yu.M. Lotman dedicated to Russian poetry and the work of poets of the 18th-20th 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 - articles and studies of a historical and literary nature, giving a panorama of poetry from M. Lomonosov to I. Brodsky; the third - reviews, notes, abstracts of reports. The "Appendix" section contains fragments of the "Book for Teachers". The introductory article by the leading philologist M.L. Gasparov talks about the contribution of Yu.M. Lotman to the theory of verse. The book is addressed to philologists, teachers and students of universities and schools, as well as to all those interested poetry.