On The Art of Poetry

On the art of Poetry is the collection of the authors various poems. Aristotle divides the art of poetry into poetry drama including comedy tragedy satyr play and epic. The genres all offer the functions of mimesis or imitation of life. They are however different in three ways that Aristotle describes: beat agreement meter and melody. As per Aristotle tragedy comes from the attempts of artists to introduce men as nobler or better than they are in reality. Aristotle outlined six elements of tragedy: plot character phrasing thought exhibition and song.