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poetic

[poh-et-ik] / poʊˈɛt ɪk /


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

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

“It felt like all of these emotional arcs and themes in my life and poetic moments that had just happened were clicking into place.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 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

With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

There was no poetic language to it, no yellow butterflies, no epic floods.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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