poetic form

collocation in English

meaningsofpoeticandform

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poetic
adjective
uk
/pəʊˈet.ɪk/us
/poʊˈet̬.ɪk/
like or relating to poetry ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofpoeticandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoetic form

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Of all the critics here, he is the most attentive topoeticformas having its own, moving agency.
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Nursery rhyme as apoeticformhas as a major function the rhythmic patterns of the rhyme.
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The helpful explication is framed by discussion of the complex literary- historical interrelationship between musical andpoeticform.
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Whether a character 'speaks' (declaims) or 'sings' (in aria style) depends on his mood more than on thepoeticformof his words.
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I have shown that apparently aperiodic-looking templates are, in fact, periodic, and that invariance, where it does exist, is a consequence of conventions ofpoeticform.
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The presence or absence of formal tonal constraints regarding tone pattern varies according to thepoeticformof a specific poem.
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They were well suited for being sung, by theirpoeticformand the sentiments they express.
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It is usually regarded as an advanced and sophisticatedpoeticform.
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His early fascination continued to influence his work withpoeticformand the direction of his criticism.
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Here, more than anything else, thepoeticformis a technique, an expressive and cognitive distinction.
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A word in a poem needed to be not merely accurate, but also fitting for the givenpoeticform.
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All three poets also explored the heroic ode as apoeticform.
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Advocates of the resultingpoeticformclaim that this unpredictability should be interpreted as uncertainty.
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Nineteenth-century closet drama became a longerpoeticform, without the connection to practical theatre and performance.
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The prevalentpoeticformis sonnet, but there are also epigrams, canzoni, bosinad etc.
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Like thepoeticformit accompanied, "haiga" was based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world.
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Although the word for a single poetic line is "verse", that term now tends to be used to signifypoeticformmore generally.
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Judges chapter 5 gives the same story inpoeticform.
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