The thesis studies poetry in Croatian music of the new wave. That is, the permeation of poetry and the sound of the Croatian new wave, in order to show how music and poetry are the victorious duo of eternity. The elaboration of this complex theme begins with an explanation of these two arts, citing the origin, development, and importance of poetry and music throughout history. In short, explains the social and political situation of the seventies and eighties of the 20th century in Croatia. Also discussed is the poetic creativity of Croatian writers in the already mentioned period of Croatian literary history. The correlation of sound and word from its earliest permeations has been described and elaborated in detail. Through the thesis as important promoters of poetry set to music was mentioned a number of Croatian and international authors, and troubadours, program music and Croatian religious chants. The concept of a new wave, its duration and the reason for its occurrence in Croatia, and the most important Croatian new wave scene are described. The notion of the set music of the new wave and its themes is explained in detail through several active ensembles of that time; Haustor, Prljavo Kazalište, Azra, Termiti and Paraf. Analyzed the corpus of data collected through the survey. Thus, we saw how familiar the respondents are with the term new wave in the domain of music, but also how much the music of the new wave of the eighties is often on their playlist. Furthermore, we also saw how much the respondents attach importance to poetry and music and whether they think that voice and music turn poetry into more than just letters on paper.