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The poet and the historian differ not by writing in verse or in prose. The true difference is that one relates what has happened, the other what may happen. Poetry, therefore, is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history.
Definition of Tragedy by AristotelesEdebiyat
“Tragedy, than, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in seperate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions.”
All the elements of an Epic poem are found in Tragedy, but the elements of a Tragedy are not all found in the Epic poem.
birth of poetryEdebiyat
Imitation, than, is one instinct of our nature. Next, there is the instinct for ‘harmony’ and rhythm, metres being manifestly sections of rhythm. Person, therefore, starting with this natural gift developed by degrees their special aptitudes, till their rude improvisations gave birth to Poetry.
The same distinction marks off Tragedy from Comedy; for Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.