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poetic justice

if something that happens is poetic justice, someone who has done something bad is made to suffer in a way that seems fair. There is a kind of poetic justice in the fact that the country responsible for the worst ecological disaster this century is the one suffering most from its effects.

See also: justice

poetic license

the way in which writers and other artists are allowed to ignore rules or change facts in their work. It's obvious the writer was using a certain amount of poetic licence because the route she mentions has been closed for 50 years.

See also: license