Meaning Of The Word Poetic license

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Poetic license Meaning

Poetic license Definition
Poetic license Definition

What's The Definition Of Poetic license?

poetic license
uncountable noun: If someone such as a writer or movie director uses poetic license, they break the usual rules of language or style, or they change the facts, in order to create a particular effect.

poetic license in American English
deviation from strict fact or from conventional rules of form, style, etc., as by a poet for artistic effect
noun: license or liberty taken by a poet, prose writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect

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