Some 20th-century literary theorists, relying less on the opposition of prose and poetry, focused on the poet as simply one who creates using language, and poetry as what the poet creates.
Algúns teóricos literarios do século XX tiveron menos en conta a oposición entre prosa e poesía, centrándose no poeta como aquel que crea empregando a linguaxe, e na poesía como a creación do poeta.