Poetical
[pəʊ'etɪkəl] or [po'ɛtɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.
(a.) Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Metrical.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Metrical, rythmic, versified, lyric, rhyming, imaginative, creative, romantic,fictitious, dreamy, flighty
ANT:Unmetrical, unrythmical, prosaic, unpoetical, unversified, unimaginative,commonplace, historical, mathematical, logical, matter-of-fact, veracious,sober
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Examples
- Poetical, expansive, faithful. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Compared with the massiveness of the task, these books do indeed seem poetical and scholarly and flimsy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We shall afterwards have occasion to remark both the resemblance and differences betwixt a poetical enthusiasm, and a serious conviction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This is a peculiarly felicitous instance of what is called poetical justice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Would not you have laughed at such poetical stuff? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now, Mrs. Sparsit was not a poetical woman; but she took an idea in the nature of an allegorical fancy, into her head. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- When I say for ever, I mean (though I am not poetical) through all our time. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- How is your poetical doctor? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now, I am not a poetical man myself, except in a vocal way when it goes round a company, but I'm a practical one, and that's my experience. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Every Aryan people had its long poetical records thus handed down, its sagas (Teutonic), its epics (Greek), its vedas (Old Sanscrit). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Montaigne is not more free and flowing, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is scarcely more graphic; neither does Bossuet excel him in poetical power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Not content with the language of prose, Mr. Winsor vented his thoughts and feelings in numerous poetical effusions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Though Wildeve's fevered feeling had not been elaborated to real poetical compass, it was of the standard sort. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But Sam was not to be dissuaded from the poetical idea that had occurred to him, so he signed the letter-- 'Your love-sick Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A poetical description may have a more sensible effect on the fancy, than an historical narration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- And you, returned Sydney, busy concocting the punch, are such a sensitive and poetical spirit-- Come! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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