Ukrainian poems

Old East Slavic heroic poem

Eneida (, ) is a burlesque poem in the Ukrainian language, written by Ivan Kotliarevsky in 1798. This mock-heroic poem is considered to be the first literary work published wholly in the Ukrainian vernacular. The talented depiction of various elements of the life of the Ukrainian people in the context of language, history, traditions and everyday life brought the poem great success among contemporaries, caused many imitations, and led to the final displacement of the old literary language from the literary use by the vernacular.

poetry collection by Taras Shevchenko

play by Lesya Ukrainka

poem by Taras Shevchenko

thumb|Monument to Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko, depicting a stone breaker (kameniar) "Kameniari" (), is a poem by Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko (1856–1916). In this poem, slaves bound by chains smash through rock using sledgehammers. Written in 1878 as one of the author's first works, the poem is allegorical, describing the twin ideas of liberation from an oppressive past (Polish, Russian and Austro-Hungarian rule of Ukraine) and of the laying down of a highway for future social progress by pioneers.

1841 epic poem by Taras Shevchenko

poem by Taras Shevchenko

1845 poem by Taras Shevchenko

poem written by Taras Shevchenko

poem written by Taras Shevchenko

2014 poem written by Anastasia Dmitruk

1845 Ukrainian poem by Taras Shevchenko