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# poetic

«poetic» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with poetry or written in the form of poems** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more poetic, most poetic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with poetry or written in the form of poems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#m1)

2) Beautiful, expressive or imaginative, like a poem: a poetic description. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#m2)

3) Poetic justice: when someone who has done wrong gets a fitting, almost funny punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons: poetic devices include rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, simile and metaphor. «Poetic licence» means a poet is allowed to break rules of grammar or truth for effect. In everyday talk, a beautiful sunset can be «poetic».

### examples

- Her description of the sea was very poetic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x1)
- Alliteration is a poetic device. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x2)
- It was poetic justice when the bully slipped on his own banana skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x3)
- The poet used poetic licence and changed the word order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x4)
- The song has poetic lyrics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x5)
- Write a poetic sentence about the moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x6)
- "I should like to try what it is to have a poetic taste, and to become a poet myself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/#x7)

### note

Adjective. Related: poem, poet, poetry, poetically. «Poetic licence» (UK) / «poetic license» (US). Pronounced «poh-ET-ik».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «poetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.