
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
- Literary criticism that deals with the nature, forms, and laws of poetry.
- A treatise on or study of poetry or aesthetics.
- The practice of writing poetry; poetic composition.
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American Heritage Dictionary:
po·et·ics |

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Oxford Dictionary of Geography:
poetics |
The linguistic, literary, and theoretical resources used in representation; hence geographical poetics, which, at its most simple, has as its subject the varieties of language in which geography has been, continues to be, and ought to be, written.
Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms:
poetics |
poetics
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Poetics |
Nederlands (Dutch)
verhandeling over poëzie, versleer, poëtische gevoelens
Français (French)
n. - poétique
Deutsch (German)
n. - Verslehre
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - ποιητική κριτική
Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - poética (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - poética, arte poética
Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - diktning
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
诗学, 诗情, 诗论
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 詩學, 詩情, 詩論
n. - 詩學, 詩情, 詩論
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詩論, 詩学, 詩的感情, 韻律学
العربيه (Arabic)
(الجمع) فن الشعر, فن القريض, قواعد النظم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אמנות כתיבת השירה, פואטיקה, חקר השירה וטכניקות הכתיבה שלה, ביקורת השירה, עבודת-מחקר על השירה, עבודת-מחקר או הערות על אסתטיקה
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