Explore: Classical Didactic Poetry

Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. In art, design, architecture, and

meter used in Ancient Greek epic and didactic poetry as well as in epic, didactic, satirical, and pastoral Latin poetry. Its name is derived from Greek δάκτυλος

(2001). "Learned knowledge of Arabic poetry, rhymed prose, and didactic verse from Petrus Alfonsi to Petrarch". Poetry and Philosophy in the Middle Ages:

recognized didactic epic as a category, represented by such works as Hesiod's Works and Days and Lucretius's De rerum natura. A related type of poetry is the

called subhāṣita, ("well said") which can be classified as gnomic poetry and didactic poetry. These are mainly poems which contain some wise saying, aphoristic

(2001). "Learned Knowledge of Arabic Poetry, Rhymed Prose, and Didactic Verse from Petrus Alfonsi to Petrarch". Poetry and Philosophy in the Middle Ages:

glossary of poetry terms. Accent Vedic accent Arsis and thesis: the first and second half of a foot Cadence: the patterning of rhythm in poetry, or natural

to versifying everyday expressions that one can encounter poetry in almost every classical work, whether from Persian literature, science, or metaphysics

Company. ISBN 0-393-03823-8. Riegel, Jeffrey (2001). "Shih-ching Poetry and Didacticism in Ancient Chinese Literature". In Mair, Victor H. (ed.). The Columbia

"strike", by extension "play a musical instrument". In archaic and classical troubadour poetry, the word is only used in a mocking sense, having more or less