Poetic

Examples

• Don't be a fool, Rachael,' interposed Mr. Wardle, rather more roughly than was consistent with the poetic nature of the scene. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The method proposed ignores the human source: by a kind of poetic justice the great crowd of men will ignore the method. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He had gathered and he had given flowers; he had offered a sentimental, a poetic tribute at the shrine of Love or Mammon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Plenty, thank you,' replied that gentleman, whose poetic curiosity had been greatly excited by the last observation of his entertainer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This new phase in her demeanour smote him on his weak or poetic side. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The sight of the poetry eternized in these statues, took the sting from the thought, arraying it only in poetic ideality. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Thou hast poetic memories, Pilar said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• As Mr. Yorke did not possess poetic imagination himself, he considered it a most superfluous quality in others. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My friend Mr. Snodgrass has a strong poetic turn,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was poetic, highly educated, and a brilliant talker. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A spare and rare shaft she still reserved for his unfortunate poetic propensity; but even here she would tolerate no irony save her own. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My boy, I am neither nervous, nor poetic, nor inexperienced. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Wordsworth at times postponed the description of a scene that appealed to his poetic fancy with the express purpose of blurring the outlines, but enhancing the personal factor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Poetic fire lights up his eye, He struggles 'gainst his lot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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