British poet
UK literary artist
A British poet is a poet from Britain—someone who writes poetry and hails from England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland.
The phrase appears constantly in literary contexts: Shakespeare was a British poet and playwright, She's studying the British poets of the Romantic era.
The term distinguishes nationality rather than style or school.
- lyricismExpressive, melodic quality
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- postmodernistSkeptic of universal truths
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- natureInherent quality or disposition
pastoral · romantic · Lake District · English countryside · love · victorian · imagism · symbolism · colonial legacy · metaphysical · war · spoken word · contemporary · Blake · mythology · identity · death · spirituality
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