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What the poem’s constitutive range of modal verbs exemplify is a mode of poetic questioning.
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september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Ahmed, 42, waxes poetic while behind the wheel, speeding against traffic.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
As Hedges waxed poetic about Cantillo’s outing, Cantillo tried to hold back a smile.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Guests arrived to the ceremony via ferry — a weirdly poetic parallel to the guest transportation for Connor's Succession season 4 wedding ceremony.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
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Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Ahmed, 42, waxes poetic while behind the wheel, speeding against traffic.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
As Hedges waxed poetic about Cantillo’s outing, Cantillo tried to hold back a smile.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Guests arrived to the ceremony via ferry — a weirdly poetic parallel to the guest transportation for Connor's Succession season 4 wedding ceremony.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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poetic
adjective
po·et·ic
pō-ˈet-ik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
poetic words
2
: written in verse
poetical
adjective
-i-kəl
poetically
adverb
-k(ə-)lē
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