The Poetic Principle

Aristotle’s Poetics is often considered the blueprint to a successful tragedy; his outline has been used for hundreds of years. Aristotle defines a tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude… in the form of an action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions” (House 82). Aristotle believed that the most important part of a strong tragedy was the plot, and from that, the other elements such as character

timeless, through her use of personification, symbolization, and style in “Because I could not stop for Death.” Dickinson in “Because I could not stop for Death” refers to death as a gentleman reflecting a personal level of respect. In the first two poetic lines of “Because I could not stop for Death/ He kindly stopped for me” (1-2). We see death become personified trough the actions of Death, stopping and being kind to the speaker. By capitalizing the D in death she has attributed that death is a living

20th century. He has created totally distinctive poetic style by writing his poems in totally nontraditional form. He is also a painter, playwrite, author and an essayist. He has written almost 2900 poems, four plays, two autobiographical novels, a lot of essays, drawings and paintings. Cummings has started writing poetry in his early age of eight and wrote it daily until 22. Cummings was more interested in modern poetry which ignored general principles of grammar and syntax. In his poems cummings has

America: What Does It Mean? Stated clearly on the Great Seal of the United States is E pluribus unum – "From many, one." This implies that America is not a place of homogeneity, but rather a place of coexistence and tolerance to uphold shared principles. A grand nation, aimed to strictly and wholly represent the People, was born in order to resist the humiliating forces of tyranny. The United States of America was established upon the notion that happiness and fulfilling the purpose of one’s life

years there has been much debate about who is the protagonist in Sophocles “Antigone”. In my opinion, the protagonist in “Antigone” is Antigone herself. She has the characteristics of a tragic hero or protagonist that are mentioned in Aristotle’s Poetics. Throughout the plot she not only endures her own emotions, but she must deal with the fact that she must deal with her brother’s death. Through it all she remands strong and fought for her beliefs. According to Aristotle there are four elements

According to Gregory, a philosopher of the Christian faith is one who structurally gives himself up to the study of Biblical principles with the goal of a life with wisdom. Gregory distinguishes the beauty in words and discipline of life through his verbal condemnation of his critics intentions, in that his critics writing is “mostly sand of the seas or Egypt’s gnawing swarms” (“On

– studying a text in isolation. This practice maintains that the meaning of a text exists within the text itself. These literary theories share the same principle but use different methods. Liberal humanism places a strong emphasis on teaching morals, suggesting the moral of the text should be readily understood. The theory argues that principles of humanity are universal and timeless and that the purpose of literature is to enhance human values. Formalism and its contemporary version, New Criticism

The Insanity Lives On (An application of Aristotelian Poetics to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman) A play turned film that consistently grasps the hearts of Americans and continually causes them to question the origins of a dysfunctional family as well as the importance of a true family unit is a prime example of a modern day Aristotelian Poetic model. In the year 1949, American playwright Arthur Miller published one of his greatest works that still touches Americans today. Death of a Salesman

rights afforded to all individuals. To convey his message to the thousands of eyes watching and triggered ears listening, King effectively uses the rhetorical devices -pathos, logos and ethos- using historical and literary references, repetition, and poetic devices. In order to back up his structure, Martin Luther King Jr utilizes the power of ethos by using historical and literary references as a way to bring authority to his speech and force the thousands of viewers that racism and segregation is

was an undergraduate college student. The poem is written in the villanelle poetic form of which it reflects not only the rigorous fixed format, nineteen-line with two repeating rhymes and two refrains, but also the melancholic tone and rhythm of the traditional danced song—in vogue in Italy and France during the sixteenth century—in which its roots lie. The title itself offers a plausible explanation for the villanelle poetic form chosen by the author, which a strict metric certainly helps to convey