Read full poem →However fanciful the three principal characters may ap-
pear, Ben Jonson evidently drew them from real life. Sub-
Dictionary Entry
Imaginative or fantastic.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. fancifulnames fancifultales fancifultheories fanciful
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Poetry examples for “fanciful”
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Read full poem →it blends with or gives place to another strain, that of absurd and
extravagant but fanciful and subtle compliment. Donne cannot write to
a lady without his heart and fancy taking wing in their own passionate
Read full poem →in a very different spirit from Shelley’s usual compositions. They are
specimens of the burlesque and fanciful; but, although they adopt a
familiar style and homely imagery, there shine through the radiance of
Read full poem →Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingly,
Read full poem →high;
And the shops with fanciful signs which are painted properly.
Read full poem →Here he wrote “Mully of Mountown,” a poem; by which, though fanciful
readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a poetical interpretation,