lˈeɪɾɚ pˈoʊɪts ænd ˌiːsθɪtˈɪʃənz ˈɔfən dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃt pˈoʊɪtɹi fɹʌm, ænd dᵻfˈaɪnd ɪɾ ɪn ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən tuː, pɹˈoʊz, wˌɪtʃ wʌz dʒˈɛnɚɹəli ˌʌndɚstˈʊd æz ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ wɪð ɐ pɹəklˈɪvᵻɾi tə lˈɑːdʒɪkəl ɛksplɪkˈeɪʃən ænd ɡlˈoʊbəl tɹˈeɪd.
Later poets and aestheticians often distinguished poetry from, and defined it in opposition to, prose, which was generally understood as writing with a proclivity to logical explication and global trade.