poet

po·et

P0397500 (pō′ĭt)n.1. A writer of poems.2. One who is especially gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical: "[He] was the bard of the bird feeder, the poet of the small and homey" (Bill McKibben).

[Middle English, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs, maker, composer, from poiein, to create; see k^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

poet

(ˈpəʊɪt) or sometimes when feminine

poetess

n1. (Poetry) a person who writes poetry2. a person with great imagination and creativity[C13: from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make]

po•et

(ˈpoʊ ɪt)

n. 1. one who writes poetry. 2. one who displays imagination and sensitivity along with eloquent expression. [1250–1300; Middle English poete < Latin poēta < Greek poiētḗs poet, literally, maker =poiē-, variant s. of poieîn to make + -tēs agent n. suffix] po′et•like`, adj.

poet.

1. poetic. 2. poetry.

Thesaurus

Noun

poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)bard - a lyric poetelegist - the author of a mournful poem lamenting the deadodist - a poet who writes odespoetess - a woman poetpoet laureate - the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain; "the poet laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions"poet laureate - a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region; "she is the poet laureate of all lyricists"; "he is the poet laureate of Arkansas"sonneteer - a poet who writes sonnetsauthor, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

poet

noun bard, rhymer, lyricist, lyric poet, versifier, maker (archaic), elegist the English poet William Blake see poetryQuotations
"The poet is the priest of the invisible" [Wallace Stevens Adagia]
"A poet's hope: to be,"
"like some valley cheese,"
"local, but prized elsewhere" [W.H. Auden Shorts II]
"For that fine madness still he did retain"
"Which rightly should possess a poet's brain" [Michael Drayton To Henry Reynolds, of Poets and Poesy]
"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal" [T.S. Eliot The Sacred Wood]
"The poet is always indebted to the universe, paying interest and fines on sorrow" [Vladimir Mayakovsky Conversation with an Inspector of Taxes about Poetry]
"All a poet can do today is warn" [Wilfred Owen Poems (preface)]
"Sir, I admit your general rule"
"That every poet is a fool;"
"But you yourself may serve to show it,"
"That every fool is not a poet" [Alexander Pope Epigram from the French]

poet

nounOne who writes poetry:bard, muse, poetaster, poetess, rhymer, rhymester, versifier.

Translations

诗人

poet

(ˈpouit) – feminine ˈpoet ~ˈpoetess – noun a person who writes poems. 诗人poetic (pouˈetik) adjective of, like, or suitable for, a poem. a poetic expression. 诗的，韵文的 poˈetically adverb有诗韵地ˈpoetry noun1. poems in general. He writes poetry. 诗（总称） 2. the art of composing poems. Poetry comes naturally to some people.作诗

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noun bard

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noun a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

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