Mevlevilik, Mevlevî olmayan divan şairlerinin şiirlerini de etkilemiştir. Klasik Türk şiirinde Mevlana ve onun Mesnevi ve Fîhi mâ fîh gibi eserlerinden övgüyle söz edilmiş; Mevlevilik ile ilgili sema, ney ve neyistan gibi unsurlar doğrudan doğruya ya da teşbih, telmih ve mecaz gibi edebi sanatlar aracılığıyla kullanılmıştır

It is well known that Mawlānā‟s ideas had an affect on not only Mevlevi poets but also the other poets in Divan literature. In classical Turkish literature, Mawlānā and his works like Mesnevi and Fihi ma fih were referred to. In many divans Mawlānā and his books were either directly recognized or sensed through literary devices like similes, allusions and metahphors. In addition, the features of Mawlānā‟s ideas such as sema, ney and neyistan were used in many divans