A long narrative poem celebrating the adventures and acheivements of a hero, usually dealing with the traditions, mythical or historical, of a nation.
What is Epic Poetry?
100
a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields
What is a philosopher?
100
A hero emits its errors and fears - the audience experiences catharsis.
What is Tragedy?
200
A poet that employs language, rhythm, and harmony, either singly or in combinations.
What is the means of employment different from each type of poetry?
200
Men in action, and the representation of these men either as better or worse than in real life, or exactly as they are.
What are the objects of imitation in poetry?
200
The two different manners of representation that the poet uses to present the objects of imitation.
What is the poet speaking directly in narratives or assuming the characters of people in the narrative and speaks through them?
200
When a character converses with another character
What is a dialogue?
200
Imitation of characters as a ludicrous; Heros are represented as worse
What is Comedy?
300
It has two lines, making it a couplet: a line of dactylic hexameter, followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
What is Elegiac Meter?
300
The five types of poetry.
What is Epic Poetry, Tragedy, Comedy, Dithrambic Poetry, and the Music of the Flute and of the Lyre.
300
Likely parts of ancient festivals, and Aristotle is supposing them to be predecessors to comedy.
What is a Phallic Song?
300
The difference between Comedy and Tragedy in terms of the objects of imitation.
What is Comedy aiming to represent men as worse and Tragedy as better than in life?
400
This comprises lyrics performed in a choral song at religious festivals. Aristotle suggests that nomic poetry played a role in the development of tragedy.
What is Nomic Poetry?
400
The distinctions between the different types of poetry.
What is the means to employ, objects that are imitated, and the manner of representation?
400
A meter in poetry that is originally employed when poetry was of satyric order
What is Trocchaic Tetrameter?
400
The difference between Comedy and Tragedy in terms of manner of which the objects may be imitated
What is no difference; poets both speak through assumed characters