Poetic Justice

Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct.

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Famous quotes containing the words poetic and/or justice:

    “I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It’s listed as part of the poetic training, you know.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “For sov’reign pow’r reign not alone,
    Grace is the partner of the throne;
    Thy grace and justice mighty Lord,
    Shall well divide our last reward.”
    —Isaac Watts (1674–1748)