Poetic-license
noun
1.
license or liberty taken by a poet, prose writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect.
noun
See artistic license
Also, artistic license. The liberty taken by a writer or artist in deviating from conventional form or fact to achieve an effect. For example, I’ve never seen grass or a tree of that color; but that’s artistic license. [ Late 1700s ]
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