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poetic justice n

(narratology) Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”) (by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner. The British Romantic poet Lord Byron was born on this day in 1788, and died 200 years ago on 19 April 1824.

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