poet
Example Sentences
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Facts about history, science, religion, geography, important poets and writers—“the works,” they said.
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“There’s a poet from long ago whose work I love.”
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Tychyna Avenue, named after a Ukrainian poet, and its neighborhood represented the new Ukraine that emerged during the hardship of transitioning to capitalism after the fall of the Soviet Union.
In 1803, the greatest painter of the day, Sir Henry Raeburn, was commissioned to create a new image of the greatest poet of the day, Robert Burns.
From BBC
John Betjeman, for example, was for a time England’s bestselling poet, until his optimism, traditionalism and accessibility earned him the smear of being “retrograde.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.