Ars Poetica
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Ars Poetica is a didactic poem by the Roman poet Horace that offers influential guidance on the art and principles of poetic composition.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ars Poetica canonical | 3 |
| "The Art of Poetry" | 1 |
| Ars Poetica (as later influenced by it) | 1 |
| Horace's Ars Poetica | 1 |
| poem "The Horatians" | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
Lucius Calpurnius Piso
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Piso family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Epistula ad Pisones
NERFINISHED
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Letter to the Pisos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | foundational text of Western poetics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
comedy
ⓘ
dramatic unities ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| famousConcept |
dulce et utile
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ut pictura poesis ⓘ |
| famousLine |
“aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetae”
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“ut pictura poesis” ⓘ |
| form | hexameter verse ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
ⓘ
poetic treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pope
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ⓘ
Ben Jonson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Boileau NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance humanists ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
English neoclassical criticism
ⓘ
French classical drama theory ⓘ Renaissance poetics ⓘ classical literary theory ⓘ neoclassical criticism ⓘ |
| keyDoctrine |
appropriateness of style to subject
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importance of revision and craftsmanship ⓘ observance of genre conventions ⓘ poetry should both delight and instruct ⓘ suitability of characters’ speech to age and status ⓘ unity and proportion in a work ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art of poetry
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literary decorum ⓘ poetic composition ⓘ relationship between poetry and morality ⓘ role of the poet ⓘ unity and structure in poetry ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Horace’s Epistles corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
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comparative literature ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Art of Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Hellenistic literary criticism ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
poem "The Horatians"
this entity surface form:
Horace's Ars Poetica
this entity surface form:
"The Art of Poetry"
this entity surface form:
Ars Poetica (as later influenced by it)