According to Aristotle, the distinction between an historian and a poet is:
A) the former writes in prose, while the latter writes in verse.
B) poetry speaks of universals, while history speaks of particulars.
C) poetry appeals to the emotions, while history appeals to the reason.
D) history describes what might have been, while poetry describes what might be.
E) Both B and D

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Aristotle argued that poetry (including drama) deals with the universal—what might happen or what is possible according to probability or necessity—whereas history deals with the particular—what actually happened. Poetry, according to Aristotle, is more philosophical and of higher significance than history because it deals with the universal truths that can be inferred from particular instances. This distinction underlies his view that poetry, in its focus on the universal, speaks to what might be (the potential, the possible), whereas history is confined to what has been.

According to Aristotle, the Distinction Between an Historian and a Poet