• Some academic libraries still hold copies of Lanier’s influential collection of theoretical essays, The Science of English Verse, which was originally published by Scribners in 1880.

• This poem is part of the collection The Poems of Sidney Lanier, which was most recently reprinted by the University of Georgia Press in 1999.

• The musical quality of Lanier’s poetry reminds some readers of Edgar Allan Poe's works. Poems like “Annabel Lee” and “The Bells” by Poe use sound in a manner similar to “Song of the Chattahoochee.”

• Lanier’s poetry evokes the melancholic tone found in Walt Whitman’s work, one of America’s greatest poets, who wrote during the same era. Whitman’s most notable work is in his collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855.

• Twentieth-century poet Karl Shapiro admired Lanier’s poetic theories, noting their continued relevance and influence. Interested readers can explore Shapiro’s poetry in Collected Poems, 1940–1978, and delve into his own poetic theories in The Poetry Wreck: Selected Essays, 1950–1970.