Meticulously enquiring into the emotional bent of man and his psychological reactions, Aristotle’s poetics discusses the origins of epic poetry and examines all poetry as being a form of imitation. It explores the various components of tragedy—plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song—and its effects. A masterpiece of literary criticism, poetics has majorly influenced literary theories. Even after centuries, it continues to remain an evaluation benchmark for literature.