Read full poem →wander far into Spenser's poem without the conviction that the author's
central purpose was didactic, almost as much as was Bunyan's in _Pilgrim's
Progress._" Milton doubtless had this feature of the _Faerie Queene_ in
Dictionary Entry
Intended to teach or instruct, often in a way that seems overly scholarly or moralizing.
In a Sentence
“The professor's didactic lecture filled the students with clear, useful knowledge about the subject.”
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Origin
From Greek didaktikos ‘apt at teaching’, via Latin didacticus.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “didactic”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Cowper's "Task" is to this day, except Wordsworth's "Excursion," the
best purely didactic poem in the English language. The "Sofa" stands
only as a point of departure:--it suits a gouty limb; but as the poet