History of poetry

German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)

genre; oral poetic performance art based mainly on the poetic as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities

thumb|200px| The tetractys The tetractys (), or tetrad, or the tetractys of the decad is a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows: one, two, three, and four points in each row, which is the geometrical representation of the fourth triangular number. As a mystical symbol, it was very important to the secret worship of Pythagoreanism. There were four seasons, and the number was also associated with planetary motions and music.

reception of classical Greco-Roman antiquity by the post-classical Western world

19th-century New England poet group

aspect of history