adjectiveUpper-intermediate

poetic

US

/poʊˈɛtɪk/

UK

/pəʊˈetɪk/

Meaning

Having the beauty, emotion, or imaginative quality often associated with poetry.

कविता जैसी सुंदरता, भावनात्मक गहराई या कल्पनाशीलता से भरा हुआ।

Examples

“She wrote a poetic description of the monsoon clouds.”

poetic descriptionwriting

“His farewell speech was simple but deeply poetic.”

poetic speechexpressing emotion

“The old trees stood poetically against the evening sky.”

poeticallydescribing a scene

Useful patterns

a poetic description or imagea poetic way of expressing an ideaa poetic quality in speech, writing, or musicpoetic license: creative freedom in art

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Word family

poet(noun)
poetry(noun)
poetically(adverb)

Common collocations

poetic languagepoetic imagerypoetic expressionpoetic descriptionpoetic beautypoetic license

Common mistakes

Not natural: She described the sunset poetic.

Better: She described the sunset poetically.

Use the adverb poetically to describe how someone performs the action described by a verb.

यहाँ described क्रिया का तरीका बताया गया है, इसलिए adjective poetic नहीं, adverb poetically इस्तेमाल करें।

Not natural: He writes poetic for children.

Better: He writes poetry for children.

Poetic is an adjective; use the noun poetry for the kind of writing he creates.

Poetic adjective है, जबकि लिखी जाने वाली विधा के लिए noun poetry इस्तेमाल होता है।

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prosaicmatter-of-factunimaginative

Learner tip

Use poetic before a noun or after linking verbs; use poetically to describe an action, and poetry for the art form.

Noun से पहले या linking verb के बाद poetic लगाएँ; किसी काम का तरीका बताने के लिए poetically और कला-विधा के लिए poetry कहें।

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What does a poetic description usually do?

एक poetic description आम तौर पर कैसी होती है?