Poetic license

And then what could be more deep and poetic than Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert's and Wagner's songs? The special license had arrived; the young clergyman who was to perform the service was located at Hartledon. There are at present more than sixteen thousand Chinese in this city of Manila, who have received license to stay in the country. It has been years since they have had a license at our tavern, so there was a solitary man in the bar-room when I entered.

Also, artistic license. The liberty taken by a writer or artist in deviating from conventional form or fact to achieve an effect. For example, I've never seen grass or a tree of that color; but that's artistic license. New Word List Word List. Save Word. Definition of poetic license.

Smith, Ars Technica , 10 Oct. First Known Use of poetic license , in the meaning defined above. Learn More About poetic license. Share poetic license Post the Definition of poetic license to Facebook Share the Definition of poetic license on Twitter. Time Traveler for poetic license The first known use of poetic license was in See more words from the same year.

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