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On The Art of Poetry
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On the art of Poetry is the collection of the author's various poems. Aristotle divides the art of poetry into poetry drama, including comedy, tragedy, satyr play, and epic. The genres all offer the functions of mimesis, or imitation of life. They are, however, different in three ways that Aristotle describes: beat, agreement, meter, and melody. As per Aristotle, tragedy comes from the attempts of artists to introduce men as' nobler 'or' better 'than they are, in reality. Aristotle outlined six elements of tragedy: plot, character, phrasing, thought, exhibition, and song.
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“<strong>Interesting read</strong>
I maybe understood 50%… and that might be generous. But the parts I got were fairly thought provoking. Kinda fun to read something written so long ago.”
“What I love most about Aristotle’s “Poetics” is that here I am, at the beginning of the 21st century, reading a translation written at the beginning of the 20th century (1909) of a text written in approximately 330 BCE (nearly 2400 years ago!!!). If that doesn’t show the power and importance of words then I don’t know what does.
Aristotle’s advice to his long-ago students is still relevant today, but what I found most challenging is that, here at the beginning of the 21st century, the style of the translation and the constant references to Ancient Greek authors & their works in the Poetics itself, require immense concentration and the need to focus on those nuggets of writing gold buried beneath the unfamiliar language and references.
It’s worth the effort, though, and I’m sure on my second reading at some future point, I’ll gain more from this little book of writing wisdom.”
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