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

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

But, Pardoll said, it’s tolerable as a form of “poetic license,” because the task he’s taken on is so important.

From New York Times

Liotta was hopeless as a left-handed hitter, so the filmmakers allowed him some poetic license in the batting scene.

From Seattle Times

And it’s very recent history, so it’s well documented and part of the collective consciousness, meaning there’s not a lot of wiggle room” to take poetic license, she added.

From Los Angeles Times