poetic language
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoeticandlanguage
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poetic
adjective
uk/pəʊˈet.ɪk/us/poʊˈet̬.ɪk/
like or relating to poetry ...
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofpoeticandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpoetic language
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This metamorphosis, again, has repercussions forpoeticlanguage.
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While neighboring lands split off and the colonization of the people was never achieved, the empire triumphed in the sublime discipline ofpoeticlanguage.
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Althoughpoeticlanguagecan clarify and liberate understanding, it can also distort and prejudice.
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This is a violent, tensile space that becomes an analogue of the strangeness and volatility ofpoeticlanguage.
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At the same time, it transforms that grammar greatly, ending up withpoeticlanguagethat transcends the nonstandard- standard divide.
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The marking of radicalpoeticlanguageis the material condition for this.
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Both features point to a musical andpoeticlanguagein which recollection and renewal are crucial factors.
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Within these discursive frames, what could the modernist poet say about the relation betweenpoeticlanguageand social change?
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This luxury, though not apparent nor available for redescription, is nevertheless suggested in the density ofpoeticlanguage.
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This occurs primarily due topoeticlanguage.
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She does this in order to demonstrate the ways in whichpoeticlanguageis always already implicated in the political and can therefore never be wholly immured in aestheticism.
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Paradoxically this is a characteristic of thepoeticlanguageof this text but one that increases the use of single alliteration in rhythmical shapes strongly associated with double alliteration.
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A dense, highly symbolic, non-linear, nonnarrative, and often extremely vulgar text was woven in sublimepoeticlanguageand presented in a visually arresting form by a superb director and cast.
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That may be a flight ofpoeticlanguage.
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After this great barrage of beautifulpoeticlanguage, he gave an example of the commercial flexibility it would provide.
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In fact, the absence of rigid versification in his works ultimately serves to heighten the tension in thispoeticlanguage.
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The borders between documentary and fiction are seemingly dissolved in many scenes using apoeticlanguagewith a non-linear narrative and an open ending.
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It contains muchpoeticlanguage, and many dramatic sessions.
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Michelson writes inpoeticlanguagethat gracefully uses repetitive sentence structures and themes to emphasize the similarities between the two mens lives.
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