And these have accordingly divided poetry into two very different kinds,--the panegyrical, and the satirical; under one of which heads all genuine poetry falls (for I do not reckon the didactic as poetry, in the strictness of speech).
Burke categorizes poetry into panegyrical and satirical forms, excluding didactic poetry from this classification.
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