本文是關于文學形式和話語理論的。關于亞里士多德的論文，見《詩學》（亞里士多德）。有關其他用途，請參見詩學（消歧）。詩學是關于文學形式和文學話語的理論。它可以具體地指詩歌理論，盡管有些發言者使用這個詞的范圍如此廣泛，以致于表示“理論”本身的概念。

This article is about the theory of literary forms and discourse. For the treatise by Aristotle, see Poetics (Aristotle). For other uses, see Poetics (disambiguation).Poetics is the theory of literary forms and literary discourse. It may refer specifically to the theory of poetry, although some speakers use the term so broadly as to denote the concept of "theory" itself