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Pronunciation: [pˈə͡ʊɪt] (IPA)

A poet is a creator of literary works that use language in a compelling and artistic way. Synonyms for poet include wordsmith, versifier, rhymer, bards, lyricist, and troubadour. A wordsmith is someone who uses words skillfully and with precision, while a versifier is someone who composes verse or poetry. A rhymer is someone who creates rhyming poetry, while a bard is a poet or story-teller who often uses verse. A lyricist is someone who writes the words of popular songs or musical works, while a troubadour is a poet or musician who performs lyrical and romantic ballads. All of these synonyms for poet capture different aspects of the craft and skill involved in creating compelling poetry.

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Usage examples for Poet

Mamma says she will tell you a poem composed by a great poet, French, who is now, for patriotism to his country, in exile.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
These were all as unconscious of disaster as was the poet, who, "to please him well," was writing to Hallam in the very hour that he died.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
So passed the evening until all have retired to rest, and the poet is alone, when he takes out Hallam's last-written letters- "those fall'n leaves which kept their green, The noble letters of the dead."
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty

Famous quotes with Poet

  • No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
    Lascelles Abercrombie
  • The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.
    Lascelles Abercrombie
  • The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.
    Lascelles Abercrombie
  • With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.
    Lascelles Abercrombie
  • Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned.
    Robert Adamson

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