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poetic
has definitions from the field of verse
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[ adjective ] characterized by romantic imagery
Examples "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)William_Wimsatt and Cleanth_Brooks , it seems to me , have a penetrating insight into the way in_which this control is effected : `` For if we say poetry is to talk of beauty and love ( and yet not aim at exciting erotic emotion or even an emotion of Platonic esteem ) and if it is to talk of anger and murder ( and yet not aim at arousing anger and indignation ) - then it may be that the poetic way of dealing with these emotions will not be any kind of intensification , compounding , or magnification , or any direct assault upon the affections at_all . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (verse) of or relating to poetry
Synonyms Examples "poetic works" "a poetic romance" Used in print (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)An idea , of the sort that we have_in_mind , although of_necessity readily available to imagination , is more general in connotation than most poetic or literary images , especially those appearing in lyric_poems that seek to capture a moment of personal experience . |
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[ adjective ] (verse) characteristic of or befitting poetry
Synonyms Examples "poetic diction" Related terms |
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