[aisle] 808.1 vs. 811 for Poetry books?

[Danielle Baker]

*811- poetry 
808.1 - Study of Poetry 
For Elementary and middle school 811 would be the easiest to find and follow with Dewey . Please see the attachment . 

Hope this helps . 
Danielle Baker 
District Librarian 
CCSD 168
Sauk Village, Il 
"God is your source- everything else is just a resource" 
  Tony Evans 

> On Apr 1, 2022, at 1:40 PM, Kristi Pierce via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> LOL  I whooped out my older edition (1997, yeah but they are expensive!) of Sears Subject Heading guide!  I hope this helps.  :)
> 
> Poetry
> 809.1
> Use for general materials on poetry, not for individual words.  Material on the history and criticism of poetry from more than one literature are entered under Poetry--History and criticism 809.1.  Material on the art and technique of poetry are entered under Poetics 808.1.  Collections of poetry are entered under Poetry--Collections: English Poetry--Collections 821; American Poetry--Collections 811.54 pre21st century, 811.6 21st century on etc.
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> Poetics (Now called Rhetoric of poetry) 
> 808.1
> Use for materials on the art and technique of poetry.  General materials on the appreciations, philosophy, etc. of poetry are entered under Poetry
> 
> I also did a bit of research on Wikipedia:
> 808 Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures
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> https://stmarys-ca.libguides.com/poetry
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> https://www.librarything.com/mds/811.8
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dewey_Decimal_classes#Class_800_%E2%80%93_Literature
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>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 3:20 PM Beth Dooley via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>> In our school we just created "Poetry Collection - PC" in Destiny and they have their own special area.
>> 
>>> On Friday, April 1, 2022, Lala Lala via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>> Hi, 
>>> 
>>> Can anyone help me understand the difference in classifying some Poetry books as 808.1 and others (sometimes by the same author) in the 811s?
>>> 
>>> What are your thoughts and advice? I think it'd be easier for my students if all the Poetry books were in one area. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your time. 
>>> 
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>>> Lori McGreal
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