poetic license
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Rachel Syme’s foreword to the musical book says that this version of “Ironic” turns it into “an inside joke about poetic license and grammatical errors.”
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
“Bedewed it with his tears and bid to it an everlasting adieu” is the stuff of poetic license and bad poetry.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024
Such poetic license might be more forgivable for the sake of clever cadence, but this is a song that tries to rhyme “Brexit’‘ with “Taylor Swift.”
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
We use our poetic license like we all do when we’re writing a historical character.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2021
“Cake, cake, everywhere, and not a slice for me,” she recited, using her poetic license to make the poem fit her own circumstances more neatly.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
