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 Translation for 'poetic license' from English to French
littérat.
licence {f} poétique
poetic license [Am.]
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littérat.
poétique {adj}
poetic
littérat.
licence {f} poétique
poetic licence [Br.]
permis {m} [permit]license [Am.]
licence {f}license [Am.]
armesdr.
permis {m} de port d'armes
gun license [Am.]
armesdr.
permis {m} de port d'armes
firearms license [Am.]
adm.naut.
permis {m} de navigation
boating license [Am.]
autodr.
permis {m} de conduire
driving license [Br.]
dent.méd.occup.
permis {m} d'exercice de la médecine
medical license [Am.]
arts
liberté {f} de l'artiste
artistic license [Am.]
adm.chasse
permis {m} de chasse
hunting license [Am.]
comm.
licence {f} d'exportation
export license [Am.]
adm.comm.
licence {f} d'importation
import license [Am.]
comm.
patente {f}
trading license [Am.]
ichtyo.
licence {f} de pêche
fishing license [Am.]
comm.
licence {f} de vente
distribution license [Am.]
dr.
licencier qc. [protéger]
to license sth. [Am.]
carte {f} blanchelicense [Am.] [fig.]
auto
plaque {f} d'immatriculation
license plate [Am.]
permis {m} de conduiredriver's license [Am.]
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Usage Examples English
  • Although Waltari employed some poetic license in combining the biographies of Sinuhe and Akhenaten, he was otherwise much concerned about the historical accuracy of his detailed description of ancient Egyptian life and carried out considerable research into the subject.
  • What Eckert described as "narrative biography” was criticized by Kirkus Reviews as “an apparent euphemism for poetic license”, when discussing his book about Tecumseh.
  • He wrote that the ideal of the Fijian poet is poetry with every verse ending with the same vowel of regular measure, which in practice is often achieved with poetic license through the use of arbitrary abbreviations or lengthenings, and omission of articles.
  • If this is the case, Poe was taking poetic license: he was not in Richmond at the time of her wedding.
  • Booth had a five-minute daily poetry program called "Poetic License."

  • Abingdon Theatre named Canfora, on the strength of "Poetic License," the winner of the 2011 Christopher Brian Wolk award for playwriting.
  • In response, director Edwards stated that his "Salomé" was not based upon any single version of the story, but was a combination of many versions and used poetic license.
  • In the Lovin' Spoonful song "Nashville Cats", John Sebastian used poetic license when he referred to Sun as the "Yellow Sun Records from Nashville".
  • Due to the poetic license of the word ‘silver’ used to describe Thowra and his offspring it has misled some fans into believing that they are a pale grey or white, despite the fact they are described as ‘cream‘ or 'creamies' just as often.
  • The series' official web site explains the spelling "Fez", as opposed to "Fes", as "poetic license".

  • Ginsberg's description in "Howl" uses poetic license.
  • to be merely poetic license, though some people take them literally.
  • However, other texts from the same period draw a distinction from the axe and guisarme (Such as in Chaucer's "Romaunt of the Rose": "With swerd, or sparth (axe) or gysarme" and "Mandeville's Travels": "with swerds drawen and gysarmez and axes") and the use in the epic poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" may have been poetic license.
  • In her memoir, Poetic License, Eberhart's daughter Gretchen Cherington accused him of sexual abuse.
  • His poem, "The Poet in the Desert" (1915), was a literary success, and some critics have suggested that he may have taken poetic license and embellished Joseph's speech.

  • These lines are considered by critics to be poetic license, although some people have taken them literally.
  • While Shelley's "vast and trunkless legs of stone" owe more to poetic license than to archaeology, the "half sunk...
  • Artistic license (alongside more contextually-specific derivative terms such as poetic license, historical license, dramatic license, and narrative license) refers to deviation from fact or form for artistic purposes.
  • "Al"- is used by poets to complete the meter of the verse under poetic license. This is the view of Ibn Malik, the author of the "Alfiyyah"; it is rejected by the author of the "Khizānat al-Adab".
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