For 10 points, name this poem by Horace which advises readers on the creation of a certain literary form.
This work warns authors about the danger of publishing with the phrase "a word once sent abroad can never return." This work advises the creation of consistent characters when the author is not drawing upon tradition and cautions against the use of flowery writing that draws attention to itself as padding, which it terms "purple prose." This work, which was written in hexameter verse as an epistle to (*) Lucius Calpurnius Piso and his sons, says that literature should aim to both instruct and delight , which is sometimes called its author's namesake platitude. It warns against the use of the deus ex machina to resolve plots and describes as ideal the narrative that begins in the middle of action, or in medias res. For 10 points, name this poem by Horace which advises readers on the creation of a certain literary form.
This work warns authors about the danger of publishing with the phrase "a word once sent abroad can never return.
Ars Poetica [accept translations like The Art of Poetry or The Poetic Art; accept Epistulae ad Pisones or Epistulary to the Pisos until "epistle" is read]