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ForgeMesh Library – English Poetry Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – English Poetry Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain English poetry books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated reading list on English poetry for tutoring agents, quiz generators, and reading apps — 211 public-domain books (e.g. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Shakespeare's Sonnets). Full-text retrieval with drill-down routes for chapters, quotes, and citations. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of public-domain English poetry books (up to 50 entries, default 20), each with metadata such as title and author, plus drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of individual books.
Example use cases
Curating a poetry reading list
“Pull me a list of 25 classic public-domain English poetry books — I want well-known titles like Shakespeare's Sonnets and Byron's Childe Harold so I can build a reading list for my literature class.”
Building a poetry reference tool
“Give me up to 50 public-domain English poetry books with their drill-down links so I can build a browsable poetry reference for my website.”
Researching anthology collections
“I'm writing about Victorian and Romantic era poetry anthologies — can you fetch the full list of English poetry books available in the ForgeMesh public-domain library so I can see what's covered?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/english-poetryWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain English poetry titles with paths to full-text content, without requiring an API key or license. Prefer it over a general full-text search endpoint when browsing or discovering poetry books by category rather than searching for specific passages or keywords.
Side effects
- limit exceeds maximum of 50 — API may reject or clamp the value
- payment of $0.003 USDC not processed — returns 402 Payment Required
- network timeout or service unavailability — no results returned
- limit set to 0 or negative — may return empty list or error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2",
"author": "Stevenson, Burton Egbert",
"book_id": 2620,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 33846
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "English poetry",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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