poet
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈpoʊɪt/
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poeta
- He dreams of becoming a poet so that he can express his thoughts and emotions through beautiful language.
- poets write
- poems and poets
- artists and poets
And then he uses the the poet Rilke.
- And then he uses the the poet Rilke.
- And so warrior and poet must be embodied in the same man.
- So what he did was he started becoming a poet, an artist, a gardener.
- It was shriveled and dried, but clearly the poet's great mind still remains.
- And it's from a poet named Juan Ramon Jimenez.
- Is no longer a question for poets and theologians and philosophers.
- I see where I've created a great many poets, but not so very much poetry.
- When you hear poet, you understand Homer.
- And a young poet attempted to get me.
- Ashbury and Ron Padges, a great poet who's who's come through there.
- Does anybody know who American poet W Riley.
Examples
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I am trained as a poet from my undergrad degree.
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The main character is a poet.
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But there really is a home for every poet who may be looking for one.
Academic text (2011) -
You were a poet and a painter.
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"Was Homer blind because he was a poet?" my father asked me the next day.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Trust the poets, not the politicians."
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This is written by the poet Diane Ackerman.
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He always wanted to be a poet, healer of some sort.
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And that's because the poet has mastered his touch.
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Anne Carson said that "the poet is someone who feasts at the same table as other people."
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
30
9.8
A poet who sings or tells long stories and songs
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8.1
A woman who writes poems
A person who writes a short poem of fourteen lines
A poet who writes long poems that praise people or things
A person who writes songs and poems about ordinary people and their local stories
A person who recites or composes long epic poems like old heroic tales
A poet who writes short, playful poems about love or wine
A person who writes short, clever poems or sayings
Idioms
- Informal
A person who says or writes something that sounds like a poem without knowing it
Compounds
- Literature
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7.9
A poet officially chosen to represent a country or town and write poems for special events
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poet comes from an old Greek word poietes, meaning 'maker' or 'creator', from the verb poiein 'to make'. So a poet is really someone who 'makes' words and images, which is why a poem is the thing they make.