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poetic

[poh-et-ik] / poʊˈɛt ɪk /


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I’ve been in a fight with my husband about free verse versus poetic form.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Dante Alighieri's Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

It is lost on me how he could square those poetic words with the decision he endorses in Callais.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

He wouldn't elaborate about any poetic licence being taken in the movie.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“Will do,” it read in his own dear, sweet, familiar cursive, with its poetic loops and flourishes.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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