Do provide information about plato's views on poetry

one should not take poetry as a means of ascertaining knowledge as poetry is written under divine frenzy and poets know not what they talk about

art of poetry according to Plato is thrice removed from reality and merely is a shadow

for Plato, poetry is not a valid means of knowledge as poetry merely waters the emotional self of man

Plato saw Philosophy to be opposed to Poetry and Rhetoric. In fact, he alludes to the "ancient quarrel" between these two sides, as he saw them. One of the ironies concerning Plato...