| bard | | |
| n. (person) | 1. bard | a lyric poet. |
| ~ poet | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bard | an ornamental caparison for a horse. |
| ~ caparison, trapping, housing | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse. |
| v. (creation) | 3. bard, barde, caparison, dress up | put a caparison on.; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| poet | | |
| n. (person) | 1. poet | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry). |
| ~ bard | a lyric poet. |
| ~ elegist | the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead. |
| ~ odist | a poet who writes odes. |
| ~ poetess | a woman poet. |
| ~ poet 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 sonnets. |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| ~ alcaeus | Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC). |
| ~ apollinaire, guillaume apollinaire, wilhelm apollinaris de kostrowitzki | French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918). |
| ~ arnold, matthew arnold | English poet and literary critic (1822-1888). |
| ~ arp, hans arp, jean arp | Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966). |
| ~ auden, w. h. auden, wystan hugh auden | United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973). |
| ~ baudelaire, charles baudelaire, charles pierre baudelaire | a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867). |
| ~ benet, stephen vincent benet | United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943). |
| ~ blake, william blake | visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827). |
| ~ aleksandr aleksandrovich blok, alexander alexandrovich blok, blok | Russian poet (1880-1921). |
| ~ boccaccio, giovanni boccaccio | Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375). |
| ~ anne bradstreet, anne dudley bradstreet, bradstreet | poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672). |
| ~ bertolt brecht, brecht | German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956). |
| ~ brooke, rupert brooke | English lyric poet (1887-1915). |
| ~ elizabeth barrett browning, browning | English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861). |
| ~ robert browning, browning | English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889). |
| ~ robert burns, burns | celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796). |
| ~ samuel butler, butler | English poet (1612-1680). |
| ~ byron, lord george gordon byron, sixth baron byron of rochdale | English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824). |
| ~ calderon, calderon de la barca, pedro calderon de la barca | Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681). |
| ~ carducci, giosue carducci | Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907). |
| ~ carew, thomas carew | Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639). |
| ~ catullus, gaius valerius catullus | Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC). |
| ~ chaucer, geoffrey chaucer | English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400). |
| ~ ciardi, john anthony ciardi, john ciardi | United States poet and critic (1916-1986). |
| ~ coleridge, samuel taylor coleridge | English romantic poet (1772-1834). |
| ~ corneille, pierre corneille | French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684). |
| ~ cowper, william cowper | English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800). |
| ~ harold hart crane, hart crane, crane | United States poet (1899-1932). |
| ~ cynewulf, cynwulf | Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century). |
| ~ dante, dante alighieri | 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). |
| ~ de la mare, walter de la mare, walter john de la mare | English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956). |
| ~ dickinson, emily dickinson | United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886). |
| ~ donne, john donne | English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631). |
| ~ dryden, john dryden | the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700). |
| ~ eliot, t. s. eliot, thomas stearns eliot | 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). |
| ~ edward fitzgerald, fitzgerald | English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883). |
| ~ robert frost, robert lee frost, frost | United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963). |
| ~ frederico garcia lorca, garcia lorca, lorca | Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936). |
| ~ sir william gilbert, william gilbert, william s. gilbert, william schwenk gilbert, gilbert | a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911). |
| ~ allen ginsberg, ginsberg | United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997). |
| ~ goethe, johann wolfgang von goethe | German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832). |
| ~ gongora, luis de gongora y argote | a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627). |
| ~ thomas gray, gray | English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771). |
| ~ herrick, robert herrick | English lyric poet (1591-1674). |
| ~ hesiod | Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC). |
| ~ hoffmannsthal, hugo von hoffmannsthal | German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929). |
| ~ hogg, james hogg | Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835). |
| ~ homer | ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC). |
| ~ gerard manley hopkins, hopkins | English poet (1844-1889). |
| ~ horace | Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC). |
| ~ a. e. housman, alfred edward housman, housman | English poet (1859-1936). |
| ~ edward james hughes, hughes, ted hughes | English poet (born in 1930). |
| ~ hugo, victor-marie hugo, victor hugo | French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885). |
| ~ henrik ibsen, henrik johan ibsen, ibsen | realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906). |
| ~ jarrell, randall jarrell | United States poet (1914-1965). |
| ~ jeffers, john robinson jeffers, robinson jeffers | United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962). |
| ~ jimenez, juan ramon jimenez | Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958). |
| ~ ben jonson, benjamin jonson, jonson | English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637). |
| ~ erik axel karlfeldt, karlfeldt | Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931). |
| ~ john keats, keats | Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821). |
| ~ francis scott key, key | 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). |
| ~ friedrich gottlieb klopstock, klopstock | German poet (1724-1803). |
| ~ nicholas vachel lindsay, vachel lindsay, lindsay | United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931). |
| ~ li po | Chinese lyric poet (700-762). |
| ~ henry wadsworth longfellow, longfellow | United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882). |
| ~ lovelace, richard lovelace | English poet (1618-1857). |
| ~ amy lowell, lowell | United States poet (1874-1925). |
| ~ lowell, robert lowell, robert traill spence lowell jr. | United States poet (1917-1977). |
| ~ lucretius, titus lucretius carus | Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC). |
| ~ archibald macleish, macleish | United States poet (1892-1982). |
| ~ mallarme, stephane mallarme | French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898). |
| ~ mandelshtam, mandelstam, osip emilevich mandelstam, osip mandelstam | Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938). |
| ~ giambattista marini, giambattista marino, marini, marino | Italian poet (1569-1625). |
| ~ christopher marlowe, marlowe | English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593). |
| ~ jose julian marti, marti | Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895). |
| ~ martial | Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC). |
| ~ andrew marvell, marvell | English poet (1621-1678). |
| ~ john edward masefield, john masefield, masefield | English poet (1878-1967). |
| ~ edgar lee masters, masters | United States poet (1869-1950). |
| ~ mayakovski, vladimir vladimirovich mayakovski | Soviet poet; leader of Russian futurism (1893-1930). |
| ~ george meredith, meredith | English novelist and poet (1828-1909). |
| ~ john milton, milton | English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674). |
| ~ marianne craig moore, marianne moore, moore | United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872). |
| ~ thomas moore, moore | Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852). |
| ~ william morris, morris | English poet and craftsman (1834-1896). |
| ~ alfred de musset, louis charles alfred de musset, musset | French poet and writer (1810-1857). |
| ~ neftali ricardo reyes, neruda, pablo neruda, reyes | Chilean poet (1904-1973). |
| ~ alfred noyes, noyes | English poet (1880-1958). |
| ~ omar khayyam | Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123). |
| ~ ovid, publius ovidius naso | Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17). |
| ~ francis turner palgrave, palgrave | English poet (1824-1897). |
| ~ francesco petrarca, petrarca, petrarch | an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374). |
| ~ pindar | Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC). |
| ~ plath, sylvia plath | United States writer and poet (1932-1963). |
| ~ edgar allan poe, poe | United States writer and poet (1809-1849). |
| ~ alexander pope, pope | English poet and satirist (1688-1744). |
| ~ ezra loomis pound, ezra pound, pound | United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972). |
| ~ aleksandr sergeyevich pushkin, alexander pushkin, pushkin | Russian poet (1799-1837). |
| ~ jean baptiste racine, jean racine, racine | French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699). |
| ~ james whitcomb riley, riley | United States poet (1849-1916). |
| ~ rainer maria rilke, rilke | German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926). |
| ~ arthur rimbaud, jean nicholas arthur rimbaud, rimbaud | French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891). |
| ~ edwin arlington robinson, robinson | United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935). |
| ~ edmond rostand, rostand | French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918). |
| ~ alan seeger, seeger | United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916). |
| ~ anne sexton, sexton | United States poet (1928-1974). |
| ~ bard of avon, shakespeare, shakspere, william shakespeare, william shakspere | English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616). |
| ~ percy bysshe shelley, shelley | Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822). |
| ~ shevchenko, taras grigoryevich shevchenko | Ukranian poet (1814-1861). |
| ~ sidney, sir philip sidney | English poet (1554-1586). |
| ~ shel silverstein, shelby silverstein, silverstein | United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999). |
| ~ dame edith louisa sitwell, dame edith sitwell, sitwell | English poet (1887-1964). |
| ~ robert southey, southey | English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843). |
| ~ sir stephen harold spender, spender, stephen spender | English poet and critic (1909-1995). |
| ~ edmund spenser, spenser | English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599). |
| ~ wallace stevens, stevens | United States poet (1879-1955). |
| ~ sir john suckling, suckling | English poet and courtier (1609-1642). |
| ~ algernon charles swinburne, swinburne | English poet (1837-1909). |
| ~ arthur symons, symons | English poet (1865-1945). |
| ~ edmund john millington synge, j. m. synge, john millington synge, synge | Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909). |
| ~ tasso, torquato tasso | Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595). |
| ~ allen tate, john orley allen tate, tate | United States poet and critic (1899-1979). |
| ~ sara teasdale, teasdale | United States poet (1884-1933). |
| ~ alfred lord tennyson, alfred tennyson, first baron tennyson, tennyson | Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892). |
| ~ thespis | Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC). |
| ~ dylan marlais thomas, dylan thomas, thomas | Welsh poet (1914-1953). |
| ~ john trumbull, trumbull | American satirical poet (1750-1831). |
| ~ samuel rosenstock, tristan tzara, tzara | French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963). |
| ~ johann ludwig uhland, uhland | German romantic poet (1787-1862). |
| ~ paul verlaine, verlaine | French symbolist poet (1844-1896). |
| ~ francois villon, villon | French poet (flourished around 1460). |
| ~ publius vergilius maro, vergil, virgil | a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC). |
| ~ andrei voznesenski, voznesenski | Russian poet (born in 1933). |
| ~ robert penn warren, warren | United States writer and poet (1905-1989). |
| ~ isaac watts, watts | English poet and theologian (1674-1748). |
| ~ phillis wheatley, wheatley | American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784). |
| ~ walt whitman, whitman | United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892). |
| ~ john greenleaf whittier, whittier | United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892). |
| ~ william carlos williams, williams | United States poet (1883-1963). |
| ~ william wordsworth, wordsworth | a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850). |
| ~ sir thomas wyat, sir thomas wyatt, wyat, wyatt | English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542). |
| ~ elinor morton hoyt wylie, wylie | United States poet (1885-1928). |
| ~ w. b. yeats, william butler yeats, yeats | Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939). |
| ~ yevgeni aleksandrovich yevtushenko, yevgeni yevtushenko, yevtushenko | Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933). |
| ~ edward young, young | English poet (1683-1765). |
| poem | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| ~ line of poetry, line of verse | a single line of words in a poem. |
| ~ literary composition, literary work | imaginative or creative writing. |
| ~ abecedarius | a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order. |
| ~ alcaic, alcaic verse | verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus. |
| ~ ballad, lay | a narrative poem of popular origin. |
| ~ ballade | a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy. |
| ~ blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter). |
| ~ elegy, lament | a mournful poem; a lament for the dead. |
| ~ epic, epic poem, heroic poem, epos | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. |
| ~ free verse, vers libre | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern. |
| ~ haiku | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines. |
| ~ lyric poem, lyric | a short poem of songlike quality. |
| ~ rondel, rondeau | a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas. |
| ~ sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme. |
| ~ tanka | a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables. |
| ~ terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.. |
| ~ rhyme, verse | a piece of poetry. |
| ~ canto | a major division of a long poem. |
| ~ verse line, verse | a line of metrical text. |
| ~ versicle | a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation. |
| ~ stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. |
| ~ poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody | (prosody) a system of versification. |
| ~ rhyme, rime | correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds). |
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