Question

What are the three kinds of poetry according to sidney?

Answer 1

Answer :

In 'An Apology for Poetry,' Philip Sidney describes three kinds of poetry. These are :

1. Religious poetry

This includes the Old Testament, the New Testament and the psalms of David.

2. Philosophical poetry

This kind of poetry is written in a literary form to make philosophical knowledge easier to learn.

3. Poetry as an imaginative treatment of life and nature

This kind of poetry is meant to teach and delight the readers. This kind of poetry is further subdivided into the heroic, lyric, comic, elegiac, and pastoral.