Poetry that is not artistic in form or meaning is didactic.
a. true
b. false

Didactic poems are still artistic in form as they come from an artistic expression of the poets. But if what you mean by an artistic form is that a poem having details that are graceful and pleasing, then the answer for this is true. A poem that is didactic is full of information and realistic matter which makes it dull.

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