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# poet

noun (a poet, poets)

«poet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person who writes poems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#m1)

### In the lessons

In English lessons pupils read poets and learn about rhyme, rhythm and imagery; they may be poets themselves when they write poems. Phrases: a famous poet, poet laureate, I'm a poet and I didn't know it (joking rhyme).

### Examples

- The poet wrote about the sea and the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x1)
- Our class read a poem by a poet from Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x2)
- She wants to be a poet when she grows up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x3)
- The poet read her poems aloud to the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x4)
- A good poet chooses every word carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x5)
- «You're a poet and you didn't know it!» laughed Gran. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x6)
- Late in the evening the poet came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Related words: poem (the piece of writing), poetry (poems in general, uncountable), poetic (adjective). Poetess is old-fashioned; poet is used for anyone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «poet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«poet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/poet.html) on Mova free.