ADJECTIVE | pert | poetic, poetical | of or relating to poetry |
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all | poetic | characterized by romantic imagery | |
pert | poetic | of or relating to poets | |
all | poetic, poetical | characteristic of or befitting poetry |
Sounds | poweh'tihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | Of or relating to poetry. | |
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Synonym | poetical | |
Spanish | poético | |
Catalan | poètic | |
Nouns | poetry | literature in metrical form |
poetry | any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling | |
Adverbs | poetically | in a poetic manner |
Meaning | Characterized by romantic imagery. | |
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Example | "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic" | |
Broader | figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal |
Spanish | poético | |
Nouns | poetry | any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling |
Meaning | Of or relating to poets. | |
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Example | "poetic insight" | |
Spanish | poético | |
Nouns | poet | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) |
Meaning | characteristic of or befitting poetry. | |
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Example | "poetic diction" | |
Synonym | poetical | |
Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
Spanish | poético | |
Nouns | poetry | any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling |
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