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Cavalier poets
Cavalier poets a group of English poets associated with Charles I and his exiled son. Most of their work was done between c.1637 and 1660. Their poetry embodied the life and culture of upper-class, pre-Commonwealth England, mixing sophistication with naïveté, elegance with raciness. Wri... Read more
metaphysical poets
metaphysical poets name given to a group of English lyric poets of the 17th cent. The term was first used by Samuel Johnson (1744). The hallmark of their poetry is the metaphysical conceit (a figure of speech that employs unusual and paradoxical images), a reliance on intellectual wit, learned imag... Read more
poet laureate
poet laureate , title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval English custom of having versifiers and minstrels in the king's retinue, and of the later royal patronage of poets, such as Chaucer and Sp... Read more
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue , 1860-87, French symbolist poet. He was one of the first French poets to write in free verse. The revolutionary form of Les Complaintes (1885) and Derniers Vers (1890) influenced later French poets as well as such foreign poets as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. ... Read more
bard
bard in Wales, term originally used to refer to the order of minstrel-poets who composed and recited the poems that celebrated the feats of Celtic chieftains and warriors. The term bard in present-day usage has become synonymous with poet, particularly a revered poet. ... Read more
John Dyer
John Dyer 1700?-1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726). ... Read more
William Hamilton
William Hamilton 1704-54, English poet, b. Scotland. He is best known for the poem "The Braes of Yarrow" (1724). ... Read more
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe 1860-1936, American editor, critic, and poet, b. Chicago. In 1912 she founded Poetry: a Magazine of Verse, which paid and encouraged both established and new poets. Monroe's literary reputation is based on her editorship of this important magazine. She introduced to readers such wr... Read more
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman 1833-1908, American banker, poet, and critic, b. Hartford, Conn., attended Yale. A successful Wall St. broker, he was also one of the leading poets of his time although his somewhat derivative poetry, similar to Tennyson's in style, is little read today. As critic he wrote h... Read more
Frank O'Hara
Frank O'Hara 1926-66, American poet, b. Baltimore, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1950), Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.A., 1951). His poetry is spontaneous, vernacular, witty, personal, and very much of its time and place—New York City, 1951-66. Closely associated with many of the painters of his tim... Read more

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poet laureate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write...later royal patronage of poets, such as Chaucer and...position was held by 30 poets before a 1985 act of Congress changed the name to poet laureate. In 1986, Robert...Since then, American poets laureate have been Richard...
metaphysical poets
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature metaphysical poets. Poets generally grouped under this label include Donne (who is regarded...Quiddities’. The label is misleading, since none of these poets is seriously interested in metaphysics (except Herbert of Cherbury...
Lives of the English Poets, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Lives of the English Poets, The, by Dr Johnson , published 1779...edition of the works of selected English poets, from the period of Milton onwards. The final total was 52, including 4 minor poets suggested by Johnson himself ( Blackmore...
Cavalier poets
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cavalier poets a group of English poets associated with Charles I and his exiled son. Most of their work...indebtedness to both Ben Jonson and John Donne. The leading Cavalier poets were Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling, and...
Poets' Corner
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Poets' Corner, part of the south transept of Westminster Abbey containing the tombs or monuments of Chaucer , Spenser , Shakespeare, Jonson , Milton , Drayton , Samuel Butler , A. Behn , Gay , and many later distinguished poets and authors.
Poets Laureate and Prizes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Poets Laureate and Prizes Poets Laureate Ben Jonson 1619–37 Sir William D'Avenant 1638–? Official Holders John Dryden 1668–89 Thomas Shadwell 1689–92 Nahum Tate 1692–1715 Nicholas Rowe...
Liverpool poets
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Liverpool poets, the name given to a group of three poets, Adrian Henri , Roger McGough , and Brian Patten (1946– ), who came together in the 1960s in the period of the Liverpool euphoria generated partly by the success...
Lake poets
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Lake poets Three English poets ( William Wordsworth , Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and Robert Southey ) who lived in the Lake District around 1800.
Arch-poet, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Arch-poet, the, the name given to the anonymous German writer of Goliardic Latin poetry. His best-known poem is the ‘Confession’. The term was used by Pope and Fielding as equivalent to poet laureate .
graveyard poets
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature graveyard poets, a term applied to 18th-cent. poets who wrote melancholy, reflective works, often set in graveyards, on the theme of human mortality. Examples include T. Parnell's ‘Night-Piece on Death’ (1721...

Dictionary entries related to "Poets"

Poet Laureate
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History POET LAUREATE POET LAUREATE, a position created in 1937 for the purpose of raising Americans...Congress, in consultation with poetry experts and critics, appoints the poet laureate for a one-year term. Serving from October to May, the poet...
poet laureate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xB7;re·ate ) an eminent poet traditionally appointed for life as a member...royal household. ∎  a poet appointed to, or regarded unofficially...region, or group: the New York State poet laureate the poet laureate of young America...
metaphysical poets
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable metaphysical poets a group of 17th-century poets whose work is characterized by the use of complex and elaborate...and Andrew Marvell. The application of metaphysical to these poets is first recorded from the mid 18th century. The genesis of...
Poets' Corner
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Poets' Corner the part of the south transept of Westminster Abbey where several distinguished poets are buried or commemorated; the name is recorded from the mid 18th century, but poetical quarter in the same sense is recorded in 1711.
Lake Poets
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Lake Poets the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and William Wordsworth, who lived in and were inspired by the Lake District; they are also known as the Lake School . Both terms are first recorded in the Edinburgh Review of 1816...
Metaphysical Poets
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Metaphysical Poets. A group of 17th-cent. poets including J. Donne , G. Herbert , R. Crashaw , Henry Vaughan , St Robert Southwell , F. Quarles , and T. Traherne . The term was originally used in a pejorative sense, implying a pretentious...
Metaphysical(s) Poets
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Metaphysical(s) Poets. Term applied by Samuel Johnson to a group of 17th-cent. Christian poets (especially J. Donne , G. Herbert , T. Traherne , H. Vaughan ). He intended it as a term of dismissal, but they have come to be recognized...
Poet and Peasant
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Poet and Peasant ( Dichter und Bauer ). Play in 3 acts (1846) by K. Elmar, for which ov. and incidental mus. were comp. by Suppé .
Poet's Echo, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Poet's Echo, The. Setting by Britten for high v. and pf., Op.76, of 6 poems (in Russ.) by Pushkin, comp. 1965 for Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich , who gave f.p. in Moscow Cons. Dec. 1965.
poet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...or expression. ORIGIN: Middle English : from Old French poete , via Latin from Greek poētēs , variant of poiētēs ‘maker, poet,’ from poiein ‘create.’

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poet
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus poet • noun  she has the soul of a poet synonyms : writer of poetry, versifier, rhymester, rhymer, sonneteer, lyricist, lyrist; laureate; literary bard; derogatory poetaster; historical troubadour, balladeer.
accomplishment
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...accomplishment synonyms : achievement, act, deed, exploit, performance, attainment, effort, feat, move, coup.   2. a poet of considerable accomplishment synonyms : expertise, skill, skillfulness, talent, adeptness, adroitness, deftness, dexterity...
author
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus author • noun   1. modern Latin American authors synonyms : writer; novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, biographer; columnist, reporter; wordsmith; bard; informal scribe, scribbler.   2. the author of the...
company
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...m expecting company synonyms : guests, house guests, visitors, callers, people; someone.   4. a company of poets synonyms : group, crowd, party, band, assembly, cluster, flock, herd, troupe, throng, congregation; informal bunch...
encomium
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus encomium • noun formal  the poet's encomium to the king synonyms : eulogy, panegyric, paean, accolade, tribute, testimonial; praise, acclaim, acclamation, homage.
equal
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...record synonyms : match, reach, parallel, be level with, measure up to.   3. the fable equals that of any other poet synonyms : be as good as, be a match for, measure up to, equate with; be in the same league as, rival, compete with. phrase...
self-styled
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus self-styled • adjective  a self-styled poet synonyms : would-be, so-called, self-appointed, self-titled, professed, self-confessed, soi-disant.
preeminence
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English preeminence • noun  his preeminence as a poet synonyms : excellence, distinction, prestige, prominence, eminence, importance, fame, renown, supremacy, superiority, transcendence.
fancy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...fondness, liking, love, partiality, preference, predilection, taste, penchant; inf. yen, itch.   3. the poet's fancy synonyms : imagination, imaginative power, creativity, conception; images, mental images, visualizations...
lie
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...the other side of the hill synonyms : be, be situated, be located, be placed, be positioned, be found.   3. two poets lie there synonyms : be buried, be interred.   4. lie dormant synonyms : remain, continue, stay, be.  ...

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