American English pronunciation
How to pronounce poetic
IPA transcription: [poʊ'ɛtɪk]
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Adjective
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of or relating to poetry
“poetic works”
“a poetic romance”
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of or relating to poets
“poetic insight”
Adjective
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characterized by romantic imagery
“Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic”
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characteristic of or befitting poetry
“poetic diction”
Usage examples
- The style of "The Seven Valleys" is highly poetic, though not composed in verse.
- Many of his works have important social commentary but also poetic resonance.
- Later he used the pseudonym Yonatan Ratosh in poetic and political writing.
- The publication of books concerned with poetic form has also increased.
- He was one of the few South Slavic writers of poetic dramatic orientation.
- The less poetic, official name of the hydroelectric station is "Bernardo Mascarenhas".
- It may, however, mean only that the author considered himself Bion's poetic heir.
- Poetically, it aspires to wisdom, honesty, frankness, and to clarity.
- We hoped the next headline would not challenge our entire roster of poetic ideas.
- Pann's poetic language often relies on elaborate successions of images, metaphors, or maxims.