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poetic

[poh-et-ik] / poʊˈɛt ɪk /


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Ammons reacted uneasily to Bloom’s praise and felt the critic failed to recognize his poetic impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

That it’s a woman who ultimately neutralizes Homelander shielding is a kind of poetic justice.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

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

He turned to Adam and said in poetic singsong, “ ‘Abra was ready ere I called her name; And though I called another, Abra came.’

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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