poetic licence

English

Alternative forms

poetic license

Noun

poetic licence (uncountable)

Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.

Related terms

artistic licence

Translations

departure from convention

Afrikaans: digterlike vryheid
Arabic: ضَرُورَة شِعْرِيَّة f (ḍarūra(t) šiʕriyya)
Catalan: llicència poètica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詩人的許可／诗人的许可 (shīrén de xǔkě), 藝術加工／艺术加工 (yìshù jiāgōng), 文學誇張／文学夸张 (wénxué kuāzhāng), 創作自由／创作自由 (chuàngzuò zìyóu)
Finnish: runollinen vapaus
French: licence poétique (fr) f
Icelandic: skáldaleyfi n
Irish: pribhléid an fhile f
Italian: licenza poetica f
Latin: poētica licentia f
Polish: licentia poetica (pl) f
Portuguese: licença poética f
Romanian: licență poetică (ro)
Russian: поэти́ческая во́льность f (poetíčeskaja vólʹnostʹ)
Spanish: licencia poética f

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