poetic
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That it’s a woman who ultimately neutralizes Homelander shielding is a kind of poetic justice.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
It’s a chronicle of race history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with all the unpleasantness, and yet it is an act of poetic aspiration, resignation and bravura aesthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Dante Alighieri's Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
He wouldn't elaborate about any poetic licence being taken in the movie.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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