poetic license

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   license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work

   Broaderlicense

Questions about poetic license

What does poetic license mean?

poetic license means "license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work".

Is poetic license a common word?

poetic license is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.