Visionary poems

Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri

epic poem by John Milton

first part of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy"

medieval French poem

Purgatorio (; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso; it was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegorical telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil—except for the last four cantos, at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. Allegorically, Purgatorio represents the penitent Christian life. In describing the climb Dante discusses the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, as well as moral issues in politics and in the Church. The poem posits the

third and final part of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy"

Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland

Zoroastrian religious text of the Sasanian era Middle Persian, that describes the dream-journey of the devout Wīrāz through the next world (influences, not fully demonstrated, transmitted through Islam, may have been exerted on Dante’s Divine Comedy)

Middle English poem by an unknown author

Old English poem from the Vercelli Book

"Draumkvedet" (; NMB 54, TSB B 31) is a Norwegian visionary poem, probably dated from the late medieval age. It is one of the best known medieval ballads in Norway. The first written versions are from Lårdal Municipality and Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark in the 1840s.

Middle English poem by Chaucer

book by William Blake

Middle English poem by Geoffrey Chaucer

book by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Sólarljóð (The Song of the Sun) is an Old Norse poem, written in Iceland ca 1200. It is written in the traditional metric style of the Poetic Edda, but with content from Christian visionary poems.

Middle English poem by Chaucer