poetic 
po·etic (pō et′ik)
adjective
- of, characteristic of, like, or fit for a poet or poetry
- skilled in or fond of poetry
- written in verse
- displaying the beauty, imaginative qualities, etc. found in good poetry
Etymology: MFr poétique < L poeticus < Gr poiētikos
noun
poetic
modif.
Antonyms
Modifying Another Word
- self-consciously: Unfortunately, the narration is too self-consciously poetic, so judging by his gallery comments Frankie wouldn't think much of his own voiceover.
- wonderfully: In the early 70's I purchased JM's album Bless The Weather solely on the premise of the wonderfully poetic cover art.
- truly: The reverse is also attractively painted, showing a truly poetic landscape.
- almost: Every move is beautiful, in sequence almost poetic.
- deeply: His is a tough and deeply poetic vision that will always be relevant.
- highly: Much of their early work is highly poetic, also very much in the Romantic mode.
Modifies a noun
- diction: Some of these are spoilt by poetic diction, some by awkwardness of expression.
- sensibility: But even more exciting was the poetic sensibility that colored every action.
- lyric: The rich, poetic lyrics were listened to in hushed silence, creating a great sense of atmosphere.
- prose: None of the above restrictions prevents the writer from producing the kind of resonant and even poetic prose that can carry an enormous punch.
- imagery: The poetic imagery is very vivid in this chapter.
- genius: A brief comment on Massey's " poetic genius " together with an early poem.
Used with adjective complement
- wax: To a hidden most feds resist him waxing poetic effectively undermined the.
- sound: Jahnke is all soul and this makes him sound poetic.
Preposition: in
- place: I've just found some other music reviews over at Freq - quite poetic in places.
Books of poetry by young writersareusually promissory notes that are never met. Now and then, however, one comes across a volume that is so far above the average that one can hardly resist the fascinating temptation of recklessly prophesying a fine future for its author. Such a book Mr Yeats's Wanderings of Oisin certainly is. Here we find nobility of treatment and nobility of subject- matter, delicacy of poetic instinct and richness of imaginative resource.
Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism, or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties.
O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood. Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!
For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.
Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale, Where, in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs, And solid pudding against empty praise.
Seul le rythme provoque le court-circuit poe¤ tique et transmue le cuivre en or, la parole en verbe. Only rhythm brings about a poetic short-circuit and transforms the copper into gold, the words into life.
Cricket remains for me the game of games, the sanspareil, the great metaphor, the best marriage ever devisedof mind and body For meit remainstheProust of pastimes, the subtlest and most poetic, the most past- and-present; whose beauty can lie equally in days, in a whole, or in one tiny phrase, a blinding split second.
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
En ge¤ ne¤ ral, plus un peuple est civilise¤ , poli, moins ses moeurs sont poe¤ tiques; tout s'affaiblit en s'adoucissant. Ingeneral, themore civilized and refinedthepeople, the less poetic are its morals; everything weakens as it mellows.
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