Words / B2

POH-it/ˈpəʊɪt/

A poet is a person who writes poems: a Romantic poet; poet laureate. Poem is the text (already in the dictionary); poetry is the art (already elsewhere). Name the poet in the anthology. Mix-up: poem / poetry; potter. Do not call every narrator a poet.

Meaning

A person who writes poems.

Examples

• “Name the poet in the anthology, not “the writer” from a blog.”
• “The poet laureate featured in the culture source, which is the official-role sense.”

Good to know

a Romantic / war poet; poet laureate. Text: poem. Art: poetry. Trap: calling the speaker “the poet” without a name. Literature and news. The writer of poems.

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