poetic works. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
poetic insight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
poetic diction. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Well, that's what you call poetic license," protested Bill. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest] Reference
Again, I reread your what I call poetic and inspiring piece which is so much to the point. From Wordnik.com. [apophenia » Blog Archive » spectacle at Web2.0 Expo… from my perspective] Reference
Starred Review .... the rhetoric is ... sufficient to leave the author floating too often in "poetic" abstraction. From Wordnik.com. [A Strong West Wind: Summary and book reviews of A Strong West Wind by Gail Caldwell.] Reference
Nothing can resist states; everything gravitates; like will to like; what we call poetic justice takes effect on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Men] Reference
Nothing can resist states: every thing gravitates: like will to like: what we call poetic justice takes effect on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Man (1850)] Reference
The phrase, while poetic, is true and descriptive. From Wordnik.com. [Keeper of the Springs] Reference
This is the most commonly used foot in English poetic meter. From Wordnik.com. [PoeWar] Reference
He was also extremely sensitive to criticism and to changes in poetic fashion. —. From Wordnik.com. [no-yes : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
It is rather a protest against that optimism which in fiction we call poetic justice. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Scandinavian Literature] Reference
For you do not see a book for lawyers speaking of the labor policy in poetic language. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference
It is, rather, a protest against that optimism which in fiction we call poetic justice. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Two Countries] Reference
• Add a (or add another) poetry book or novel written in poetic form to your collection. From Wordnik.com. [Library Services] Reference
Roger and Lynne, both from Trinidad, rival Patricia in poetic talent and kind-heartedness. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t be jealous. : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
The following sums up in poetic form some of the material necessary for the wants of a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of the Story-Teller] Reference
Everyone speaks in poetic speeches, laying out their emotions in a way that will affect the reader. From Wordnik.com. [To Terra … Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading] Reference
Ironically, Poe's most Coleridgean efforts are echoes in poetic prose of Coleridge's prosaic poetry. From Wordnik.com. [Wordsworth, the _Lyrical Ballads_, and Literary and Social Reform in Nineteenth Century America] Reference
I've read some of Patricia McKillip's short stories, and poetic is indeed a good word to describe her writing. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey] Reference
Less poetic, is the derivation from German, in which case the name roughly translates as “son of a peasant.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Jon Stewart, Don’t Go Changin’ « The Blog at 16th and Q] Reference
The skepticism grows out of a feeling that a certain poetic will dominate the work produced by Cave Canem folks. From Wordnik.com. [Here’s The Elephant : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
Job 8: 11-13 embody in poetic and sententious form (probably the fragment of an old poem) the observation of the elders. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Written in poetic form, “Bay Wolf” presents a retelling of the epic of Beowulf through the framework of a Baywatch episode. From Wordnik.com. [2010 April 06 « The BookBanter Blog] Reference
Factual truth can't be "poetic" - only interpretation can. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
What are the facts about the so-called poetic temperament?. From Wordnik.com. [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference
The puzzler, which is described as poetic, consists of 100 levels. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions] Reference
"I suppose this is what fools call poetic justice," said Miss Leonora. From Wordnik.com. [The Perpetual Curate] Reference
“Did you never hear of a certain something called poetic licence?”. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
And it made them worse too -- which is what the book calls poetic justice. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
Here we have for the first time what can properly be called a poetic translation. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller] Reference
And so, I wonder if the stage is being set for what some would call poetic justice. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
It lacked what has been described as the poetic ecstacy or sentimental verdure of the age. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of George Borrow]
And here is the proper place, perhaps, to disengage what we have called the poetic motive of travel. From Wordnik.com. [Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work] Reference
They were very generally religious, and they almost always had what may be called a poetic restraint about them. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800] Reference
Schemes of this sort require nothing but what we may term the poetic employment of capital for their realization. From Wordnik.com. [Stray Studies from England and Italy] Reference
But it implies also the spontaneous and masculine vigour which we may call poetic inspiration of the highest kind. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
In other words, this is a perfect fit for the kind of work I'm developing with One Little Goat, which we're calling poetic theater. From Wordnik.com. [Emdashes] Reference
One is always hearing it said that if a thing is to be called poetic it must have great ideas in it, and must successfully express them. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century] Reference
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