Poet: alternatives and connections

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Poet

One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.

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Author 76% connected

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

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Writer 76% connected

One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

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Bard 76% connected

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of pr…

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Elegist 76% connected

A write of elegies.

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Odist 76% connected

A writer of an ode or odes.

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Poetess 76% connected

A female poet.

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Sonneteer 76% connected

A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.

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