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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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n. study of poetic works
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n. (context philosophy literature English) The theory of poetry, or of literature in general
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Aristotle 's Poetics (, ; c. 335 BCE) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory . In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls "poetry" (a term which in Greek literally ...
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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.