What is Poetry? What is Drama?

Poetry

Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user and audience to differ from ordinary prose.
It may use condensed or compressed form to convey emotion or ideas to the reader's or listener's mind or ear; it may also use devices such as assonance and repetition to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Poems frequently rely for their effect on imagery, word association, and the musical qualities of the language used. The interactive layering of all these effects to generate meaning is what marks poetry.

Adopted from http://www.poetry.org/whatis.htm


Drama

• Drama is a unique tool to explore and express human feeling. 
• Drama is an essential form of behaviour in all cultures, it is a fundamental human activity.

Drama is an Ancient Greek word meaning ‘act’ or ‘deed’. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle used this term in a very influential treatise called the Poetics. Aristotle classified different forms of poetry according to basic features he thought could be commonly recognised in their composition. He used the term ‘drama’ to describe poetic compositions that were ‘acted’ in front of audiences in a theatron. 

Adopted from http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/DLiT/2001/drama/whatdram.htm and http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/faculties/learndrama/what_drama.htm