Poetics In Plain and Simple English (Digital Download)

  Buy Poetics In Plain and Simple English Now!     Do you need to understand Poetics and want something more interactive? Try our free app, SwipeSpeare! Excerpt From Poetics In Plain and Simple English I  I plan to write of poetry as a whole and of the various types of poetry, discussing the main features of each type.  I shall examine how the plot has to be structured to create a good poem; the number of parts which make up a poem and their nature; I shall also examine anything else which comes into the scope of the same inquiry.  Let us follow the natural order and begin with first principles.Epic, Tragic, Comic and Dithyrambic (hymns sung at festivals in honor of Dionoysus) poetry, and most types of music played on the flute and the lyre, are all born from types of imitation (i.e. recreating emotion and action).  However, they are different in three ways: the medium, the voice or instruments used and the manner of the imitation; these are a