| bard |
the English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare (prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| Dante |
an Italian poet; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). |
| Elizabethan |
any person living in England during the reign of Elizabeth I, esp. a poet or playwright. [1/2 definitions] |
| Emily Dickinson |
major U.S. poet who remained largely unpublished and unknown during her lifetime (b.1830--d.1886). |
| Geoffrey Chaucer |
an English poet (b.1340?--d.1400). |
| Homer |
an actual or legendary Greek poet (about the eighth century B.C.). |
| John Milton |
an English poet (b.1608--d.1674). |
| laureate |
see "poet laureate." [1/3 definitions] |
| Lord George Gordon Byron |
an English poet (b.1788--d.1824). |
| lyric |
a lyric poet or poem. [1/6 definitions] |
| Meena Keshwar Kamal |
Afghan poet and activist, who was assassinated ten years after founding the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (b. 1956--d.1987). |
| Michelangelo |
an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet; Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). |
| minnesinger |
a German lyric poet or troubadour of the late Middle Ages. |
| minstrel |
a singer, musician, or poet. [1/3 definitions] |
| Muse |
(l.c.) the source of creative inspiration, esp. for a poet. [1/2 definitions] |
| odyssey |
(cap.) the epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer recounting the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan Wars. [1/2 definitions] |
| Omar Khayyam |
a Persian poet and mathematician (b.1050?--d.1123?). |
| Orpheus |
in Greek mythology, a poet and musician whose music moved even lifeless things and who almost brought his wife, Eurydice, back from the dead, but failed because he turned and looked at her before they reached the upper world. |
| Ossian |
in Gaelic legend, a hero and poet of the third century. |
| Ovid |
a Roman poet (43 B.C.-17? A.D.). |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar |
U.S. poet and novelist, noted for his portrayals of African American life in the South (b.1872--d.1906). |