The poetic versions have been cited as an example of orientalism with the suggestion that it screens anxieties about the cultural identity of the English people.

He was known for his battle cry, an earlier and more poetic version of "When things get tough, the tough get going":

This is a secular, poetic version of the Jewish scriptures, presumably including portions of Rosenberg's earlier translations.

The poetic versions of the Tristan legend offer a very different account of the hero's death.

Several versions of the Prose Tristan include the traditional account of Tristan's death found in the poetic versions.

The book comes with an afterword on the poem itself and a meditation on translation and the poetic version.

Another, more poetic version is:

When his father's friends insisted that the Book of Genesis was the accurate statement, he was able to agree: "It's a poetic version.

Aldhelm later wrote a shorter, poetic version (see below).

Unger also included a wall-mounted sculpture titled Black Heart, a darkly poetic version of a heart that hovers without apparent support.