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poetical, a.|pəʊˈɛtɪkəl|
[f. L. poēticus (see prec.) + -al1: see -ical.]
1. Of, belonging to, or proper to poets or poetry. (= poetic a. 1.)
poetical justice, licence: see the ns.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 5 Here art poetical be shewed. 1530Palsgr. 44 Whiche auctors do rather by a lycence poetycall. 1654Trapp Comm. Job xxxviii. 19 These are Poetical terms likewise. 1711Addison Spect. No. 26 ⁋4 In the poetical Quarter [of Westminster Abbey], I found there were Poets who had no Monuments, and Monuments which had no Poets. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 135 Poetical expression includes sound as well as meaning. 1881Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. ii. ii. 185 Keble..possessed..the gift of expressing himself in the musical form which is called poetical.
†b. Such as is found only in poetry or imaginative writing; fictitious, feigned, imaginary, ideal. Obs. or merged in prec. sense.
1555Lydgate's Chron. Troy To Rdr., Breakynge out..into theyr poetycall fictions. 1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 168 b, It is manifest that it is altogether poeticall and fabulous. 1628F. Grevil Sidney v. (1652) 54 He found many reasons to make question whether it would prove Poetical, or reall on their part. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 126 Plato, who first banished Poets his Republic, forgot that that very Commonwealth was poetical.
†c. poetical rising and poetical setting of a star: see quots., and acronychal, cosmical, heliacal.
1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. i. xxxv. (1636) 348 The Poeticall rising is the appearing of some starre above the Horizon, determined by the Sunne. Ibid., The Poeticall setting, is either the going downe of some starre under the Horizon, or else the hiding thereof under the beames of the Sunne. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. s.v., The Ancient Poetical Writers..refer the Rising and Setting of the Stars, always to that of the Sun; and accordingly make three sorts of Poetical Rising and Setting. Cosmical, Acronycal, (or as some write it, Acronychal) and Heliacal.
2. Characteristic of a poet or poets.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. viii. 42 This Poet being full of poeticall spyte and indignation. 1876L. Stephen Eng. Th. 18th Cent. II. 350 Pope had at least two great poetical qualities. He was among the most keenly sensitive of men, and he had an almost unique felicity of expression.
b. Having the character of a poet; possessing the imaginative power, insight, sensibility, or skill in verse-writing, of a poet.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 36 The Historian, bound to tell things as things were, cannot be liberall (without hee will bee poeticall) of a perfect patterne. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. iii. 16 Truly, I would the Gods hadde made thee poeticall. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 129 Ouid is more Poeticall then Virgil. 1847L. Hunt Men, Women, & B. I. i. 2 And this is most remarkable in proportion as he is a poetical poet—a high lover of fiction.
†c. That is a poet; composing in verse. Obs.
1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. i. iv. §1 That their first writers were Poetical, and apparently fabulous. 1720Swift Fates Clergymen Wks. 1755 II. ii. 29 He was a thousand times recommended by his poetical friends to great persons.
3. Composed in poetry; written in verse.
1549Compl. Scotl. x. 82 Quhou beit that the said poietical beuk be dytit oratourly. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. i. v. 207 Alas, I tooke great paines to studie it, and 'tis Poeticall. 1605Camden Rem. 8 Some Poeticall descriptions of our ancient Poets. 1710Swift Lett. (1767) III. 21, I am now writing my poetical Description of a Shower in London, and will send it to the Tatler. 1855G. Brimley Ess., Tennyson 97 A poetical monument to a personal friend.
b. Of the style or character proper to poetry as a fine art; having the qualities of good poetry.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys Introd. (Roxb.) 3 The forme of procedyng artificyal Is in no wyse ner poetycal. 1717Pope in Lady M. W. Montagu's Lett. Oct., The poetical manner in which you paint some of the scenes about you. 1868Morn. Star 25 Feb., She combines the real with the poetical in that degree which assuredly marks the true artist.
4. Relating to or dealing with poetry; occupied with or fond of poetry.
1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 5 Dryden's Fables..were much in the hands of poetical readers. 1851G. Brimley Ess., Wordsw. 122 A new poetical philosophy. Ibid. 133 His poetical creed.
5. Worthy to be celebrated in poetry: = poetic a. 5. rare—1.
1878Seeley Stein II. 364 A man may also be poetical in the sense of being a good subject for poetry... In this sense, Stein was eminently a poetical person.
†6. In etymological sense of Gr. ποιητικός: Creative, formative; relating to artistic creation or composition. Obs. rare. (= poetic a. 6.)
1597Morley Introd. Mus. Annot., The second may be called Syntactical, Poetical, or effectiue.
Hence poetiˈcality = poeticalness (in quot. 1575, a poetical expression).
1575Laneham Let. (1871) 47 To cum oout of oour poeticalitéez, & too talk no more serioous tearms. 1607Heywood Fayre Mayde Wks. 1874 II. 48 Requires much poeticality in the subscription. 1923J. M. Murry Pencillings 200 The novel with which he was so enchanted was full of vague poeticalities. 1950Scrutiny XVII. 188 He avoids the opposite danger of bolstering the commonplace by an extraneous poeticality. 1976Observer 17 Oct. 32/2 What he was in fact up to a good deal of the time was spouting frigid poeticalities. |