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poeticalness

poeticalness

English

Noun

poeticalness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being poetical.
    • 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin 2012, p. 150:
      The belief that the poeticalness of poetry is just that relationship between sound and sense is widespread in the teaching of English and other modern languages.