<P> Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language--such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre--to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning . </P> <P> Poetry has a long history, dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh . Early poems evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing, or from a need to retell oral epics, as with the Sanskrit Vedas, Zoroastrian Gathas, and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey . Ancient attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy . Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition, verse form and rhyme, and emphasized the aesthetics which distinguish poetry from more objectively informative, prosaic forms of writing . From the mid-20th century, poetry has sometimes been more generally regarded as a fundamental creative act employing language . </P> <P> Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, or to evoke emotive responses . Devices such as assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects . The use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations . Similarly figures of speech such as metaphor, simile and metonymy create a resonance between otherwise disparate images--a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived . Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm . </P> <P> Some poetry types are specific to particular cultures and genres and respond to characteristics of the language in which the poet writes . Readers accustomed to identifying poetry with Dante, Goethe, Mickiewicz and Rumi may think of it as written in lines based on rhyme and regular meter; there are, however, traditions, such as Biblical poetry, that use other means to create rhythm and euphony . Much modern poetry reflects a critique of poetic tradition, playing with and testing, among other things, the principle of euphony itself, sometimes altogether forgoing rhyme or set rhythm . In today's increasingly globalized world, poets often adapt forms, styles and techniques from diverse cultures and languages . </P>

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