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Poetry
(from the Greek p???s??,
poiesis, "making"
or "creating")
is a form of art in which
language is used for its
aesthetic qualities in addition
to, or in lieu of, its ostensible
meaning. Poetry may be written
independently, as discrete
poems, or may be used in
conjunction with other arts,
as in poetic drama, hymns
or lyrics.
Poetry
has a long history. Early
attempts to define it, such
as Aristotle's Poetics,
focused on the uses of speech
in rhetoric, drama, song
and comedy.[1] Later attempts
focused on features such
as repetition and rhyme,
and emphasised the aesthetics
which distinguish poetry
from prose.[2] From the
mid-20th century, poetry
has sometimes been more
loosely defined as a fundamental
creative act using language.[3]
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