poeticality

8.9

A quality of writing that uses strong feeling and clear images

noun
/poʊɪˈtɪkəlˌɪti/

Literature

: poeticidad

The poet's work is celebrated for its rich poeticality, filled with vivid imagery and emotional depth.

Examples

The film's poeticality is evident in its beautifully crafted dialogue and stunning visual storytelling.
As products of understanding, however, a given instance of figurative language may elicit extended interpretive activity, provoking judgments of relative "poeticality" such as those made throughout this essay.

Academic text (2002)
A view of apostrophe committed to maximizing its linguistic deviance, its communicative failure, and its literariness or poeticality cannot answer this question.

Academic text (2002)
Many artists strive to capture the poeticality of nature in their paintings, showcasing its beauty and complexity.

Synonyms

lyricism

vspoeticality

Literature

4 7.5

A quality of writing or music that sounds like singing and shows strong feeling

is focused on poem qualities rather than musical singing or sound

lyricality

vspoeticality

Literature

9.1

A quality that makes words or music sound like a song

is about having qualities associated with poems rather than musical form

Antonyms

banality

10 7.2

An idea or remark that is very obvious and boring

How Poetic

sublimity

Literature

2 9.6

lyricism

Literature

4 7.5

poeticality

Literature

8.9

expressiveness

2 4.1

plainness

1 3.5

Surface Forms

poeticality singular

poeticalities plural

Morphology

poeticality = poetical (transparent) = poet + ical + ity

The noun is a regular -ity nominalization of the adjective 'poetical', which itself is transparently formed from 'poet' + '-ical'.

Etymology

Poeticality comes from poet and the ending -ity, where -ity means 'quality' or 'state'. A poet originally meant 'maker', so poeticality is the quality of being like a poet, full of emotion, images, and creative language.