poet
English Thesaurus
1. a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) (noun.person)
hypernym | : | author, writer, |
definition | : | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | bard, |
definition | : | a lyric poet (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | elegist, |
definition | : | the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | odist, |
definition | : | a poet who writes odes (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | poetess, |
definition | : | a woman poet (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | poet laureate, |
definition | : | the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | poet laureate, |
definition | : | a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | sonneteer, |
definition | : | a poet who writes sonnets (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alcaeus, |
definition | : | Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | arnold, matthew arnold, |
definition | : | English poet and literary critic (1822-1888) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | arp, hans arp, jean arp, |
definition | : | Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | benet, stephen vincent benet, |
definition | : | United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | blake, william blake, |
definition | : | visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bertolt brecht, brecht, |
definition | : | German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | brooke, rupert brooke, |
definition | : | English lyric poet (1887-1915) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | browning, elizabeth barrett browning, |
definition | : | English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | browning, robert browning, |
definition | : | English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | burns, robert burns, |
definition | : | celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | carducci, giosue carducci, |
definition | : | Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | carew, thomas carew, |
definition | : | Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | catullus, gaius valerius catullus, |
definition | : | Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | chaucer, geoffrey chaucer, |
definition | : | English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | corneille, pierre corneille, |
definition | : | French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cowper, william cowper, |
definition | : | English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | cynewulf, cynwulf, |
definition | : | Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | dante, dante alighieri, |
definition | : | an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | dickinson, emily dickinson, |
definition | : | United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | donne, john donne, |
definition | : | English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | dryden, john dryden, |
definition | : | the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | eliot, t. s. eliot, thomas stearns eliot, |
definition | : | British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edward fitzgerald, fitzgerald, |
definition | : | English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | frost, robert frost, robert lee frost, |
definition | : | United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | frederico garcia lorca, garcia lorca, lorca, |
definition | : | Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | allen ginsberg, ginsberg, |
definition | : | United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gongora, luis de gongora y argote, |
definition | : | a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gray, thomas gray, |
definition | : | English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hesiod, |
definition | : | Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hogg, james hogg, |
definition | : | Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | homer, |
definition | : | ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | horace, |
definition | : | Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hugo, victor hugo, victor-marie hugo, |
definition | : | French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ben jonson, benjamin jonson, jonson, |
definition | : | English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | erik axel karlfeldt, karlfeldt, |
definition | : | Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john keats, keats, |
definition | : | Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | francis scott key, key, |
definition | : | United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | li po, |
definition | : | Chinese lyric poet (700-762) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | amy lowell, lowell, |
definition | : | United States poet (1874-1925) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | lucretius, titus lucretius carus, |
definition | : | Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | mallarme, stephane mallarme, |
definition | : | French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | christopher marlowe, marlowe, |
definition | : | English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jose julian marti, marti, |
definition | : | Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | martial, |
definition | : | Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john milton, milton, |
definition | : | English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | moore, thomas moore, |
definition | : | Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | morris, william morris, |
definition | : | English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alfred noyes, noyes, |
definition | : | English poet (1880-1958) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | omar khayyam, |
definition | : | Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ovid, publius ovidius naso, |
definition | : | Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | pindar, |
definition | : | Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | plath, sylvia plath, |
definition | : | United States writer and poet (1932-1963) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edgar allan poe, poe, |
definition | : | United States writer and poet (1809-1849) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alexander pope, pope, |
definition | : | English poet and satirist (1688-1744) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | ezra loomis pound, ezra pound, pound, |
definition | : | United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | rainer maria rilke, rilke, |
definition | : | German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edmond rostand, rostand, |
definition | : | French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | alan seeger, seeger, |
definition | : | United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | anne sexton, sexton, |
definition | : | United States poet (1928-1974) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | robert southey, southey, |
definition | : | English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edmund spenser, spenser, |
definition | : | English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | tasso, torquato tasso, |
definition | : | Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | thespis, |
definition | : | Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | samuel rosenstock, tristan tzara, tzara, |
definition | : | French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | isaac watts, watts, |
definition | : | English poet and theologian (1674-1748) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | phillis wheatley, wheatley, |
definition | : | American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | walt whitman, whitman, |
definition | : | United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | john greenleaf whittier, whittier, |
definition | : | United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | william wordsworth, wordsworth, |
definition | : | a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edward young, young, |
definition | : | English poet (1683-1765) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | poetic, |
definition | : | of or relating to poets (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | poetic, |
definition | : | of or relating to poets (adj.pert) |
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