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Poetics is the
theory of structure, form, and
discourse within literature, and, in particular,
within poetry. The term
poetics derives from the Ancient...
- Aristotle's
Poetics (Gr****: Περὶ ποιητικῆς Peri poietikês; Latin: De Poetica; c. 335 BCE) is the
earliest surviving work of Gr****
dramatic theory and...
- The
Poetic Edda is the
modern name for an
untitled collection of Old
Norse anonymous narrative poems in
alliterative verse. It is
distinct from the closely...
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Descriptive poetics is an
analytic approach within literary studies.
While the
concept of
poetics goes back to Aristotle, the term "descriptive
poetics" refers...
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Poetic realism was a film
movement in
France of the 1930s. More a
tendency than a movement,
poetic realism is not
strongly unified like
Soviet montage...
- The
Poetic Books, also
called the
Sapiential Books, are a
division of the
Christian Bible grouping 5 or 7
books (depending on the canon) in the Old Testament...
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Poetic justice, also
called poetic irony, is a
literary device with
which ultimately virtue is
rewarded and
misdeeds are punished. In
modern literature...
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Poetic devices are a form of
literary device used in poetry.
Poems are
created out of
poetic devices via a
composite of: structural, grammatical, rhythmic...
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resulted in "
poetics"—the
study of the
aesthetics of poetry. Some
ancient societies, such as China's
through the Shijing,
developed canons of
poetic works that...
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Poetic contractions are
contractions of
words found in
poetry but not
commonly used in
everyday modern English. Also
known as
elision or syncope, these...
