Nkọwa: Okwu a bụ "poetics" sitere n'okwu Grik ποιητικός poietikos "nke metụtara uri", nke pụtara n'ụzọ nkịtị "ihe okike, na-arụpụta ihe", site na ποιητός poietos "mere," adjective nke ποιεῖν poiein "ime. "Ọkà mmụta T. V. F. Brogan na-achọpụta nnukwu mmegharị atọ na uri ndị ọdịda anyanwụ n'ime afọ 3,000 gara aga, na-amalite site na ọdịnala Aristotelian ọdịnala (lee Poetics).
ndị na-ede uri na-agbaso echiche nke ikwu okwu ma na-ekwusi ike na onye na-ahụ ihe