Plato: Hi, I'm a Slut by Savannah Brown

'Now I think I can make clear to you what I couldn't make clear before, that one type of poetry and storytelling is purely imitative - this is tragedy and comedy, as you say. In another type, the poet tells his own story. I imagine you'd find this mainly in dithyramb. The third type, using both imitation and narrative, can be found in epic poetry, and in many other places as well."

Epic poetry for the Greeks were highly regarded as a guide to how to live life as a just and whole human being according to the will of the Gods. Plato criticized this notion of divine in these narratives as being the representation of the assumption of the poets' perspective, or purely imitation of what the divine. In modern days, we begin to see similar principles in the use of slam poetry, or spoken words, where poets imitate the issues about the society through rhythmic language. Would Plato criticize this type of art? I dare say so because it is also a form of imitation. However, I would disagree because spoken word is a reflection of the poet's own critic of these general issues. Thus, unlike stories, which can be narrated, feelings can't, or else it would not have the intended impact. Here is an example of a piece of spoken word by Savannah Brown on the topic of the sexualization of women.