Poetic Licence
Write on your own terms!!!
Pronunciation and Definition
PRONUNCIATION: Poe- eht- ik Lie - sense
Dictionary Definition:
The freedom to depart from the facts of a matter or from the conventional rules of language when speaking or writing in order to create an effect.
My Definition:
Poetic Licence is the freedom to express yourself in writing without being restricted by facts, grammar, spelling or other rules of writing.
Synonyms
creative freedom
creative expression
professional judgement
freedom of expression
sensationalist
ideology
exaggeration
unrestricted
uncensored
colloquial (slang)
Does this even make sense?
Inappropriate?
You believe this don't you?
My Own Example
mister why-tee
who you be?
NO ONE TO ME!!!
Nuttin but a nigga-haytin racist from the G
town
it's high time that U get beat
D
O
W
N
leaveYOUlyinontheground
From a literary perspective there are so many things wrong with this passage:
Proper nouns without a capital, missing punctuation, spelling errors, slang, improper sentences, offensive language, incorrect use of margins, missing spaces between words
Poetic licence allows me to do this in order to creatively express myself.
Derivatives
Poetic licenced - possessing poetic licence
Poetic licencee - a user of poetic licence