LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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The name “Ars Poetica” (Art of Poetry) was given to Horace’s Epistle to the Pisos by
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Horace
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Quintillion
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Cicero
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Virgil
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ars poetica, (Latin: “Art of Poetry”) work by Horace, written about 19–18 bce for Piso and his sons and originally known as Epistula ad Pisones (Epistle to the Pisos).
Detailed explanation-2: -The poem was written in hexameter verse as an Epistle (or Letter) to Lucius Calpurnius Piso (the Roman senator and consul) and his two sons, and is sometimes referred to as the Epistula ad Pisones, or “Epistle to the Pisos". The first mention of its name as the “Ars Poetica” was c.
Detailed explanation-3: -A poem that explains the “art of poetry, ” or a meditation on poetry using the form and techniques of a poem.
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