Its immediate predecessor was the pleasant 'English Parnassus: Or, a Helpe to English Poesie' compiled by a Middlesex schoolmaster named Joshua Poole, and this work was avowedly modeled on Ravisius Textor's 'Epitheta' and the 'Thesaurus ...

Edward Bysshe's "The Art of English Poetry" (1708) is a seminal work that intricately melds poetic theory with practical instruction, offering readers profound insight into the craft of verse.