poetic licence

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poˌetic ˈlicence British English, poetic license American English noun [uncountable]  ALFREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTthe freedom that poets and other artists have to change facts, ignore grammar rules etc, because what they are making is poetry or art 〔诗或其他艺术形式的〕破格

Examples from the Corpus

poetic licence• It's rite. i REpeat when i liKe. i have poetic licence! don't question me????• After several days however, with nobody apprehended, the papers indulged in a little poetic licence.• Thomas Deloney may have used a little poetic licence to embroider a good yarn.• The film is but one version of some horrifying events, and stretched poetic licence to the extreme.• Wilde took poetic licence to the extreme, for the true story is much more down to earth.

poˌetic ˈlicence nounChineseSyllable  

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poetic licence
poˌetic ˈlicence British English, poetic license American English noun [uncountable]
the freedom that poets and other artists have to change facts, ignore grammar rules etc, because what they are making is poetry or art

poetic licenceBrE /pəʊˌetɪk ˈlaɪsns/ 🔊NAmE /poʊˌetɪk ˈlaɪsns/ 🔊 (NAmE poˌetic ˈlicense) noun [uncountable] the freedom to change facts, the normal rules of language, etc. in a special piece of writing or speech in order to achieve a particular effect （写作或演讲中的）破格修辞法，破格用语