The anthology includes works by poets representing the main poetic trends of the late XIX - early XX centuries. Poems or cycles of poems give an idea of ​ ​ both the current to which the poet belonged and the individual nature of his poetry, his poetic style. The works of artists who, having overcome the ideological and aesthetic programs of their movement, became poets of national and world importance (V. Bryusov, A. Blok, V. Mayakovsky, S. Yesenin, A. Akhmatova) are especially highlighted.