In his work <i id="mw7w"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Poetics_(Aristotle)" title="Poetics (Aristotle)" id="mw8A">Poetics</a></i>, Aristotle defines an epic as one of the forms of poetry, contrasted with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Lyric_poetry" title="Lyric poetry" id="mw8Q">lyric poetry</a> and drama (in the form of tragedy and comedy).