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Definition of Antipoetic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antipoetic
Literary usage of Antipoetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1833)
"... that the world has gone round : that every time has its genius ; that the
genius of this time is wholly antipoetic. He throws away thought and energy, ..."
2. Poetics: An Essay on Poetry by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1852)
"It must be evident that there are but three possible states of the mind, the
poetic, the unpoetic or prosaic, and the antipoetic or philosophic. ..."
3. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1902)
"... it difficult to see wherein the verses selected by Johnson for special
commendation are less commonplace and antipoetic than the rest of the eighteen. ..."
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