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Poetics is the study or theory of poetry, specifically the study or theory of device, structure, form, type, and effect with regards to poetry, though

Aristotle's Poetics (Ancient Greek: Περὶ ποιητικῆς Peri poietikês; Latin: De Poetica; c. 335 BCE) is the earliest surviving work of Greek dramatic theory and

but it was accidentally destroyed. Whitman's work broke the boundaries of poetic form and is generally prose-like. Its signature style deviates from the

influential in the developed approach to poetry and ancient music theory. An early Chinese poetics, the Kǒngzǐ Shīlùn (孔子詩論), discussing the Shijing (Classic

referred to as "art for art's sake". Swinburne once announced that his poetic theory "insists upon the uninhibited exploration of all issues and experiences

the negative response to "Al Aaraaf" may have inspired Poe's later poetic theory that poems should be kept short. Years later, in 1845, Poe used "Al

Erik Truffaz and Matt Penman to create the band Our Theory. Studio albums Three (1998) Wax Poetic (2000) Nublu Sessions (2003) Copenhagen (2006) Istanbul

(The Poetic Reason) Book One (The Pure Poetic Reason and the Speaking Ocean) Issued by the House of Cultural Affairs, Baghdad 2004. (The Poetic Reason)

theorist or rhetorician, he is known for Rasagaṅgādhara, a work on poetic theory. As a poet, he is known for writing the Bhāminī-vilāsa ("The Sport of

Chivers gives a lengthy discussion of his poetic theory, pre-dating many ideas Poe would suggest in "The Poetic Principle" (1850). Chivers, for example