Poet vs. Poetess — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Poet and Poetess
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Poet
A poet is a person who creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others.
Poetess
(Derogatory) A woman who is a writer of poems. See Usage Note at -ess.
Poet
A writer of poems.
Poetess
(dated) A female poet.
Poet
One who is especially gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical
"[He] was the bard of the bird feeder, the poet of the small and homey" (Bill McKibben).
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Poetess
A female poet.
Poet
A person who writes poems.
Poetess
A woman poet
Poet
A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
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.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies.
Poet
A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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