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[adj] characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"
[adj] characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"
[adj] of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"
[adj] of or relating to poets; "poetic insight"
Exhibiting the good qualities of poetry.
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figurative, nonliteral, poetical, poetical, rhetorical
Related Terms
aesthetic, airy, Alcaic, Anacreontic, artistic, autistic, bardic, bucolic, Castalian, dereistic, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, georgic, heroic, Homeric, Hudibrastic, idealistic, idyllic, impractical, in the clouds, lyrical, melo
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The particular language (words and phrases) employed by poets. Poetic diction has changed much over the centuries. Traditionally poetry was associated with a certain 'floweriness', but since the advent of modernism this has been replaced by a more sparse lexicon. Modern poets have also tended to avoid elision such as ne'er or 'tis and also the use of archaic terminology such as thee, thy and thou.
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[n] an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
The justice meted out by poets (in an ideal world) - where virtue is rewarded and vice punished.
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final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination
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ars poetica, defensibility, drumhead justice, dueness, equitableness, equity, evenhandedness, give-and-take, justice, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, lawfulness, legality, measure for measure, meetness, nemesis, poetcraft, poetic
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The freedom of poets to depart from the normal rules of written language and/or literal fact in order to create an effect. This often occurs when poets use inventive figurative language.
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(or Poeticise) To make poetical.
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[n] study of poetic works
Essays describing the art and theory of poetry e.g. Poetics by Aristotle.
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literary study, prosody
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