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
Whether accurate or poetic license, “Chuck E.'s in Love” was Jones’ breakthrough and cemented Weiss’ legend in the American pop imagination.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2021
At least that’s the theory, though as best as I understand it, Dominican cooks have always accepted a certain amount of poetic license when discussing the dish’s symbolism.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2020
“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
