poetiikan
Poetiikka, or poetics in Finnish, is a branch of literary studies that examines the theory and principles underpinning poetry and, more broadly, literary language. It investigates how poems make meaning through form and content, including meter, rhythm, imagery, metaphor, diction, voice, and narrative perspective. Poetiikka considers the relationship between form and content, the function of figures of speech, and the role of audience reception.
Historically, poetics has its roots in classical antiquity, with Aristotle's Poetics as a foundational text, complemented
In practice, poetiikka uses close reading, stylistic analysis, and theoretical frameworks to describe how poems produce