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poetics
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Poetics is the theory of literary forms and literary discourse . It may refer specifically to the theory of poetry , although some speakers use the term so broadly as to denote the concept of "theory" itself.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Poetics \Po*et"ics\, n. [Cf. F. po['e]tique, L. po["e]tica, po["e]tice, Gr. ? (sc. ?.] The principles and rules of the art of poetry. --J. Warton.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context philosophy literature English) The theory of poetry, or of literature in general
Usage examples of poetics.
Shamsu'd-Din had begun his work on poetics in Marv in Khurasan as early as 1217.
Aristotle resolves to devote his life to poetics and start up a school for young philosophic Greek men.
And in general, it was the poetics, the music of things that tossed his confetti.
It was lousy poetics, and might not have worked if the fat man hadn't already sensitized his stuff: As if was, the ball, the ashtray, the bowl, the glasses, the humidor, and the windowpanes all took off after the decanter.