poetic
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Mr. Redler’s score leans toward musical theater, with tuneful, rhythmic arias often built on strophic, deftly rhymed text as well as deep affinity with Maclean’s poetic diction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
His first work – before leaving his homeland – consisted of mainly poetic texts, and later in Canada he worked as a journalist.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Which may explain the film’s final bit of poetic license.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
It "bowls you over: it's real life written in a poetic way," user @thayslaaaa commented.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was seriously like five lines, but it was grammatically correct and strangely poetic, and just completely different from anything I’d ever read before.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Poetry
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Writing - Middle School
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