In the Middle Ages, songs (hymns), including elegies, and services, were written dedicated to Serbian saints.
Modernist tendencies in Serbian poetry can be traced back to early Realist writings in the 19th century.
Lasting until the end of the First World War, it is often referred to as the “Golden age of Serbian literature“.
Contemporary Serbian poetry includes works written since the end of the Second World War until present day.
The last decades of the 20th century were marked by darker, more pessimistic motives coming from the ongoing crises in Yugoslavia, but also the modern world as a whole.