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Definition of Poetic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to poetry. "A poetic romance"

2. Adjective. Characterized by romantic imagery. "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to poets. "Poetic insight"

4. Adjective. Characteristic of or befitting poetry. "Poetic diction"

Definition of Poetic

1. a. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.

Definition of Poetic

1. Adjective. Relating to poetry. ¹

2. Adjective. Characteristic of poets. ¹

3. Adjective. Description of persons, objects, or ideas that connect to the soul of the beholder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poetic

1. pertaining to poetry [adj] - See also: poetry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poetic

poeses poesie poesied poesies poesy poesying poet poet's daffodil poet-singer poet laureate

poetaster poetasters poetastry poetess poetesses poetic (current term) poetic justice poetic licence poetic license poetic rhythm

poetical poetically poeticalness poeticalnesses poeticals poeticise poeticised poeticises poeticising poeticism

Literary usage of Poetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"This atmosphere is what we call poetic imagination, a subject which will have to be fully discussed further on. But first it seems necessary to say a word ..."

2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"And poetry is expressly defined as " a criticism of life, under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. ..."

3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Bryant and Whittier belong to different grades as artists, though both are pre-eminently gifted with quick poetic sensibility, and the faculty of ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Schubert, whose highest gift was that of expressive melody, with an imagination keenly susceptible to poetic suggestion, lived at just the right epoch to ..."

5. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"Briefer editions — translation and notes only — are Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric and poetic, translated, with analysis and examination questions, ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Their text has reached us with many losses in the matter of poetic form. ... As an instance of poetic beauty, we subjoin the famous Ps. xxiii (xxii), ..."

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