Poesi offers a collection of English and German poetry from the Middle Ages all the way to the 20th century. The app contains over 1300 German and over 1000 English poems, all carefully selected and in quotable form for scientific use. You can select a poetry language after the first app launch and expand the app via In-App purchase to read poems in the other language afterwards.
You can find original German versions of poems by Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Eichendorff, Hesse, Lasker-Schüler and English poems by Whitman, Blake, Wordsworth and many more – the collection is constantly growing. Poesi also features full-text search, filtering options as well as both a „Random poem“ and a „Poem of the day“ function. The underlying database is accessible offline and new poems can by synchronized free of charge.
An overview of Poesi
+ Over 2000 German and English poems by more than 260 poets and poetesses – carefully selected and quotable
+ Offline database
+ Full-text search of both poems and poets
+ Poem-of-the-day
+ Displaying random poems
+ Mark poems as favorites
+ Filter by century, epoch or topic
+ Biographical data of all poets
+ Link to additional biographical data on wikipedia and a scientific database German writer biographies
+ Automatic fullscreen mode in landscape
+ Fullscreen reading mode accessible by double tap
+ Nightmode
+ Sharing poems via WhatsApp, Mail etc.
+ Free and optional automatic synchronization of newly added poems
+ Optional daily reminder
Every poem is cited following the most relevant or newest completed edition and are therefore quotable, directly out of the app. The works cited are accessible by tapping the information button above the respective poem.
Feedback or poem recommendations are most welcomed and can be submitted using the built-in contact option or can directly to
[email protected] – Please also consult our EULA: https://poesiapp.org/allgemeine-nutzungsbedingungen-der-app/
