Poetics is the theory of literary discourse.

Poetics may also refer to: Poetics (album), a 2009 pop punk album Poetics (Aristotle), the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory Cognitive poetics, a school of literary criticism that applies the principles of cognitive science to the interpretation of literary texts Descriptive poetics, a form of literary criticism Historical poetics, a scholarly approach to film studies outlined in a book by David Bordwell Poetics, an academic journal published by Elsevier Structuralist Poetics, a book of critical literary theory by Jonathan Culler The Poetics of Space, a book about architecture by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard

See also Poetry (disambiguation)