Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, “making”) is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, or to evoke emotive responses. Wordsworth defined good poetry not merely as the overflow but as the “spontaneous overflow” of feelings. In traditional poetics, poetry had been regarded as supremely an art, an art that in modern times is practiced by poets who have assimilated classical precedents, are aware of the “rules” governing the kind of poem they are writing, and deliberately employ tested means to achieve premediated effects on an audience. Except for the happy touches that, as pope said, are “beyond the reach of art”. But to Wordsworth, although the composition of a poem originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” and may be preceded and followed by reflection, the immediate act of composition must be spontaneous, arising from impulse and free from rules. Keats listed as an “axiom” a similar proposition that if “poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.”