The efforts of ancient thinkers to determine what makes poetry distinctive as a form, and what distinguishes good poetry from bad, resulted in "poetics"—the study of the aesthetics of poetry.
Os esforzos dos antigos pensadores para determinar que fai da poesía unha forma distintiva, e que distingue á poesía boa da mala, resultaron na "poética"—o estudo da estética da poesía.