Definition of Poeticalness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being poetical. ¹

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Definition of Poeticalness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poeticalness

poet's daffodil
poet-singer
poet laureate
poetaster
poetasters
poetastry
poetess
poetesses
poetic
poetic justice
poetic licence
poetic license
poetic rhythm
poetical
poetically
poeticalness (current term)
poeticalnesses
poeticals
poeticise
poeticised
poeticises
poeticising
poeticism
poeticisms
poeticize
poeticized
poeticizes
poeticizing
poetick
poeticness

Literary usage of Poeticalness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Novel: A Study in the Development of Personality by Sidney Lanier (1914)
"I have used the expression " most poetical" here with design; for regarded as pure literature these poems in this particular of poeticalness, ..."

2. Interest Factors in Primary Reading Material by Fannie Wyche Dunn (1921)
"Verse form was lowered in interest value from .113 to .001 (boys) and from .104 to .0058 (girls), and poeticalness from .255 to .1186, and from .151 to ..."

3. The Psalms in a New Version: Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches, with by M. Montagu (1851)
"... it in poeticalness so far as this essentially belongs to The Original; ... of any in a particular kind of merit and importance that of poeticalness, ..."

4. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"It has, since their disinterment, struck everybody as the most remarkable proof existing of the irresistible poeticalness of the time, not merely that there ..."

5. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"The dissonances are new, and they are solved in a novel way, and this, too, is interesting. This poeticalness, imitation, startling effects, ..."

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