poetics

[ poh-et-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.

  2. the study of prosody.

  1. a treatise on poetry.

  2. (initial capital letter, italics) a treatise or collection of notes on aesthetics (4th century b.c.) by Aristotle.

Origin of poetics

1
First recorded in 1720–30; see origin at poetic, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for poetics

poetics

/ (pəʊˈɛtɪks) /


noun(usually functioning as singular)
  1. the principles and forms of poetry or the study of these, esp as a form of literary criticism

  2. a treatise on poetry

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