The eight volumes of Masterplots II: Poetry Series, Revised Edition contain 1,386 essays, incorporating 1,115 entries from previous editions and adding 271 entirely new entries on important poems by both classic writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Frost to contemporary poets such as Maya Angelou, Adrienne Rich, and N. Scott Momaday. To eliminate duplication, poetry covered in the 1996 12-volume set Masterplots, Revised Second Edition is not included here, including 21 entries previously published in Masterplots II. Individual poems, both short and long, are featured, although several poetry collections receive coverage.