Essay on criticism is a poem then why it has been named as an essay ?

can compare it to SIDNEY an apology for poetry !!! it is also similarly poetic .

even though in verse abd at the same time being very poetic, it is making a discourse on the realm of a prosaic topic - criticism which is often thought to be secondary activity at...

As one finds drama or novels written in verse, similarly an essay can also be written in verse.

An essay may not necessarily be in prose. it may be poetic or in verse too. An essay is a rendition of one's ideas and arguments on a particular topic in a cohesive and comprehensi...