1. Definition
1.1. Core area
Systematically, poetics (Greek poiētikḗ téchnē, “craft/art of poetry”) constitutes a special area within rhetoric [6]; [8]: the art of speaking well and effectively (Latin ars bene dicendi; Quintilian) includes both oratory (ars oratoria) and poetry (ars poetica). As a subdivision of rhetoric, poetics deals with the norms and forms of poetry, which until well into the 17th centu…