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aristotle-poetics-1678		aristotle-poetics-1678			.txt	text/plain	14343	748	71	objects, the manner or mode of imitation, being in each case distinct. epic (that is, hexameter) poets, as if it were not the imitation representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life. objects the same, the poet may imitate by narrationin which case Epic poetry agrees with Tragedy in so far as it is an imitation in Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, Tragedy is an imitation, not of men, but of an action and of life, and function of the poet to relate what has happened, but what may happenwhat is possible according to the law of probability or necessity. But again, Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, Concerning Tragedy and imitation by means of action this may Again, Epic poetry must have as many kinds as Tragedy: it must be like Epic poetry produces its effect even without action; it reveals	./cache/aristotle-poetics-1678.txt	./txt/aristotle-poetics-1678.txt