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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| poetical | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| rhetorical | x/xx | Name, Adjective | 
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective | 
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun | 
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| literary | /xxx | Noun | 
| poetry | /xx | Noun | 
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective | 
| artistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| allusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| artful | /x | Adjective | 
| prose | / | Noun | 
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective | 
| poignant | /x | Adjective | 
| lyricism | /xxx | Noun | 
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun | 
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| dreamlike | /x | Adjective | 
| soulful | /x | Adjective | 
| sensuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| whimsical | /xx | Adjective | 
| surrealistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mystical | /xx | Adjective | 
| lyric | /x | Noun | 
| filmic | /x | Adjective | 
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| metaphysical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| cinematic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| philosophic | xx/x | Noun | 
| sublime | x/ | Noun | 
| melodic | x/x | Adjective | 
| imaginative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| melodious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| discursive | x/x | Adjective | 
| romantic | x/x | Adjective | 
| sensual | /xx | Adjective | 
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| novelistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| rhythmic | /x | Adjective | 
| rhythmical | /xx | Adjective | 
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| heartfelt | /x | Adjective | 
| prophetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| poem | /x | Noun | 
| poesy | /xx | Noun | 
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| didactic | x/x | Adjective | 
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun | 
| surreal | x/ | Adjective | 
| orphic | /x | Name | 
| sonorous | /xx | Adjective | 
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective | 
| transcendental | xx/x | Noun | 
| oracular | /xxx | Adjective | 
| dreamy | /x | Adjective | 
| exquisite | /xx | Adjective | 
| elegy | /xx | Noun | 
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective | 
| emotive | x/x | Adjective | 
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective | 
| humanistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mythic | /x | Adjective | 
| evocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| mournful | /x | Adjective | 
| otherworldly | /x/x | Adjective | 
| satiric | x/x | Adjective | 
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| metrical | /xx | Adjective | 
| comedic | x/x | Adjective | 
| phonetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| divine | x/ | Name | 
| phonemic | x/x | Adjective | 
| tragic | /x | Adjective | 
| syllabic | x/x | Adjective | 
| relational | x/xx | Adjective | 
| toward | x/ | Verb | 
| waxing | /x | Verb | 
| attaches | x/x | Verb | 
| licence | /x | Noun | 
| license | /x | Noun | 
| oeuvre | /x | Noun | 
| persona | x/x | Noun | 
| muse | / | Noun | 
| inspiration | xx/x | Noun | 
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun | 
| fancy | /x | Noun | 
| conceits | x/ | Noun | 
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| sensibility | xx/xx | Noun | 
| genius | /x | Noun | 
| reverie | /xx | Noun | 
| credo | /x | Noun | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| tributes | /x | Noun | 
| tropes | x | Noun | 
| artifice | /xx | Noun | 
| imagery | /xx | Noun | 
| utterance | /xx | Noun | 
| metre | /x | Noun | 
| idiom | /xx | Noun | 
| justice | /x | Noun | 
| vocation | x/x | Noun | 
| meter | /x | Noun | 
| creation | x/x | Noun | 
| genres | /x | Noun | 
| rapture | /x | Noun | 
| creativity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| parallelism | /xxxx | Noun | 
| temperament | /xx | Noun | 
| fictions | /x | Noun | 
| artistry | /xx | Noun | 
| intuition | xx/x | Noun | 
| immortality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| meditations | xx/x | Noun | 
| shaping | /x | Verb | 
| manifesto | xx/x | Noun | 
| epistle | x/x | Noun | 
| talent | /x | Noun | 
| craftsmanship | /xx | Noun | 
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| architectonic | xx//x | Adjective, Noun | 
| beauteous | /xx | Adjective | 
| choreographic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| classifying | /xxx | Adjective | 
| esthetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| hair | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ideal | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| invention | x/x | Noun | 
| marx | / | Name | 
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| musical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| oratorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| painterly | /xx | Adjective | 
| picturesque | /xx | Adjective | 
| poet | /x | Noun | 
| revelatory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| righteous | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| romance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| sculptural | /xx | Adjective | 
| sprung | / | Adjective | 
| topos | /x | Noun | 
| tradition | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| utilitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| verse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| versification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
