poet
Crafter of stanzas
A poet is someone who writes poetry—verse composed with attention to rhythm, imagery, and concentrated language.
The term can suggest artistic seriousness or pretension depending on context: She's a published poet conveys accomplishment, while He fancies himself a poet implies self-importance.
Poet extends metaphorically to anyone who brings artistry to their work: a poet of the basketball court.
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
limerick · ode · elegy · ballad · epic · quatrain · rhyme · sestina
Writer of song texts
- songwriterOne who composes music
- composerCreator of musical works
- librettistOpera's text writer
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
chorus · hook · ballad · anthem · verse · bridge · lyrics · singable
Poet of epics
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- skaldNorse heroic poet
- gleemanAnglo-Saxon traveling minstrel
jongleur · meistersinger · griot · balladeer · laureate · versifier · rhymester · sonneteer
Ancient Greek epic composer
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- VirgilClassical epic poet
- DanteItalian epic poet
- SapphoAncient Greek woman poet
Chaucer · Rumi · Neruda · Dickinson · Whitman · Keats · Byron · Shelley
Creator of written works
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- dramatistWriter of stage works
critic · scholar · biographer · memoirist · litterateur · wordsmith · penman · scribe
Think deeply about
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
symbol · allegory · vision · epiphany · spark · genius · reverie · contemplation
verse
Metered poetic passage
haiku · limerick · ode · elegy · ballad · epic · quatrain · rhyme · sestina · villanelle
lyricist
Writer of song texts
- songwriterOne who composes music
- composerCreator of musical works
- librettistOpera's text writer
melody · chorus · hook · ballad · anthem · verse · bridge · lyrics · singable · musical
bard
Poet of epics
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- skaldNorse heroic poet
gleeman · jongleur · meistersinger · griot · balladeer · laureate · versifier · rhymester · sonneteer · chronicler
Homer
Ancient Greek epic composer
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- VirgilClassical epic poet
- DanteItalian epic poet
Chaucer · Sappho · Rumi · Neruda · Dickinson · Whitman · Keats · Byron · Shelley · Wordsworth
author
Creator of written works
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
dramatist · critic · scholar · biographer · memoirist · litterateur · wordsmith · penman · scribe · prose
muse
Think deeply about
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
imagery · symbol · allegory · vision · epiphany · spark · genius · reverie · contemplation · emotion
meter
Device that measures usage
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- scansionAnalyzing verse rhythm patterns
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
hexameter · iamb · trochee · dactyl · anapest · spondee · foot · caesura · enjambment · stressed
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, journalist, essayist
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- arts careersactor, actress, artist, author, composer
- communicatorsspeaker, explainer, orator, presenter, announcer
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- cultural creatorsartist, musician, dancer, singer, writer
poetprose writer
One composing unmetered text
novelist · essayist · journalist · technical writer · copywriter
poetaccountant
Financial records keeper
engineer · actuary · bureaucrat · statistician · bean counter
poetphilistine
Art-dismissing ignoramus
pragmatist · literalist · realist · materialist · dullard
- waxing poeticSpeaking with heightened eloquence
- love poemRomantic literary composition
- nonsense poetryPlayfully meaningless literary form
- narrative poemStory told in verse
- poetic justiceFitting outcome matching misdeeds
- war poetryVerse about armed conflict
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