poetic license

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But that’s just poetic license and, of course, perfectly acceptable.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

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

“It’s a little bit of poetic license there,” Vicki said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2023

“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