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Meanings of poetic licence in английском

португальский
licença poética

Poetic license.

licença poética
Usage of poetic licence in английском
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To this piece is prefixed an apology for heroic poetry, and poetic licence.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
2
There is, then, no poetic licence about Longfellow's description, in Evangeline, of how-
Letters from an American Farmer
3
Frequently there's more than a little poetic licence involved in making such fanciful claims.
The South African
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The plot treats of Homer's Odyssey with a poetic licence.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
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Never mind that nebulous thing known as poetic licence.
The Guardian
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Ovid's dubious grasp of his supposed surroundings and climate flouts the leniency of poetic licence.
The Guardian
7
It may have been bacon water, but for poetic licence I will say it was seawater.
The Irish Times
8
The "beauty" seems a poetic licence; Swift says the lady squinted "like a dragon."
The Journal to Stella
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It seems a bit of poetic licence was applied however when it came to building the property.
The Irish Times
10
Consider it poetic licence, in your honour.
The Flanders Panel
11
She fuses a range of poetic devices such as repetition or poetic licence inducing a hypnotic cadence.
The South African
12
Howsoever extravagant he may be in his notions of poetic licence, that licence is never with him a synonym for licentiousness.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
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Homer is an epic poet, and not an historian; so it is quite natural that he should have exaggerated everything with poetic licence.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
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Of course, this is a poetic licence: these men and women cannot have been at one and the same time in Chopin's salon.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
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I suspect that some poetic licence was employed in the posing of this photograph, which was probably taken before the aircraft left the ground.
The Irish Times
16
All of which was very pretty sentiment, and if some poetic licence got mixed in with the truth, surely the occasion justified the alliance.
Sir Robert Hart / The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition
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Translations for poetic licence
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licença poética
Poetic licence through the time
Poetic licence across language varieties
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