Ancient Greek attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song, and comedy. Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition, verse form, and rhyme, and emphasized aesthetics which distinguish poetry from the format of more objectively-informative, academic, or typical writing, which is known as prose.
ancient greek attempts to define poetry such as aristotle's poetics focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric drama song and comedy later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition verse form and rhyme and emphasized aesthetics which distinguish poetry from the format of more objectively-informative academic or typical writing which is known as prose