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Didacticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Didacticism is an artistic philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art. Didactic art intends not primarily to "entertain" or to pursue su...
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didactic poetry, poetry designed to give instruction. Before writing came into general use, instruction was conveniently expressed in verse, as being more easily remembered than prose. The Greeks did not recognize didactic poetry as a separate literary genre;
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It will be one that would be considered didactic poetry, and let us add rhyme in the way of several poetic games. (More on this on the Poets Online blog.) ... Didactic poetry gives instruction (often moral instruction), so your poem should instruct. Your working set of rhymes (in the way of bouts-rimes) is:
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Cautionary tales and verse ... ; Prev Term: Didactic fiction; Next Term: Doctor films ;
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DIDACTIC POETRY, that form of verse the aim of which is, less to excite the hearer by passion or move him by pathos, than to instruct his mind and improve his morals. ... these were the beginnings of didactic poetry, and we class them together under the dim name of Hesiod. It is impossible to date these earliest didactic...
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is poetry that teaches some moral lesson, as Pope's Essay on Man. (Greek, didasko, I teach. ... More on Didactic Poetry from Infoplease: ... Didactic Poetry - Didactic Poetry is poetry that teaches some moral lesson, as Pope's Essay on Man. (Greek, ...
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Modernism has rejected didactic poetry with a peculiar vehemence, as it rejects the idea that poetry should aim to be informative, edifying, or in any way useful. Any expectation of utility, any external purpose, is perceived as impinging on the absolute freedom of the artist.
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