The oldest surviving speculative fiction poem is the Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor, written in Hieratic and ascribed a date around 2500 BCE. Other sources ascribe the earliest … See more

Classical thinkers employed classification as a way to define and assess the quality of poetry. Notably, Aristotle's Poetics describes the three genres of poetry: The epic, comic, and … See more

The development of modern poetry is generally seen as having started at the beginning of the 20th century and extends into the 21st century. Among its major American … See more

Ancient thinkers sought to determine what makes poetry distinctive as a form and what distinguishes good poetry from bad, resulting in the … See more

In Africa, poetry has a history dating back to prehistorical times with the creation of hunting poetry, and panegyric and elegiac court poetry were … See more

The Classic of Poetry, often known by its original name of the Odes or Poetry is the earliest existing collection of Chinese poems and … See more

Lyric poetry grew to be popular in around the 19th century, with the addition of radio as they could broadcast to the world the earliest 'songs'. … See more