poet

Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)

French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918)

English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)

Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)

United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973)

a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)

United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943)

visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)

Russian poet (1880-1921)

Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)

poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672)

German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956)

English lyric poet (1887-1915)

English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)

English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)

celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)

English poet (1612-1680)

English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681)

Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907)

Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)

Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)

English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)

United States poet and critic (1916-1986)

English romantic poet (1772-1834)

French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)

English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)

United States poet (1899-1932)

Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century)

an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)

English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956)

United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)

English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)

the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)

British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)

English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)

United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)

Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936)

a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997)

German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)

a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627)

English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

English lyric poet (1591-1674)

Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)

German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)

Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)

ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)

English poet (1844-1889)

Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

English poet (1859-1936)

English poet (born in 1930)

French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)

realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)

United States poet (1914-1965)

United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962)

Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958)

English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931)

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

German poet (1724-1803)

United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)

Chinese lyric poet (700-762)

United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)

English poet (1618-1857)

United States poet (1874-1925)

United States poet (1917-1977)

Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)

United States poet (1892-1982)

French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898)

Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938)

Italian poet (1569-1625)

English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)

Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895)

Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)

English poet (1621-1678)

English poet (1878-1967)

United States poet (1869-1950)

Soviet poet; leader of Russian futurism (1893-1930)

English novelist and poet (1828-1909)

English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)

United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)

Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852)

English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

French poet and writer (1810-1857)

Chilean poet (1904-1973)

English poet (1880-1958)

Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123)

Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)

English poet (1824-1897)

an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)

Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)

United States writer and poet (1932-1963)

United States writer and poet (1809-1849)

English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

Russian poet (1799-1837)

French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)

United States poet (1849-1916)

German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)

French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891)

United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)

French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918)

United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916)

United States poet (1928-1974)

English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822)

Ukranian poet (1814-1861)

English poet (1554-1586)

United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999)

English poet (1887-1964)

English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)

English poet and critic (1909-1995)

English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)

United States poet (1879-1955)

English poet and courtier (1609-1642)

English poet (1837-1909)

English poet (1865-1945)

Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)

Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)

United States poet and critic (1899-1979)

United States poet (1884-1933)

Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)

Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC)

Welsh poet (1914-1953)

American satirical poet (1750-1831)

French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963)

German romantic poet (1787-1862)

French symbolist poet (1844-1896)

French poet (flourished around 1460)

a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)

Russian poet (born in 1933)

United States writer and poet (1905-1989)

English poet and theologian (1674-1748)

American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)

United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)

United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)

United States poet (1883-1963)

a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)

English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)

United States poet (1885-1928)

Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)

Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933)

English poet (1683-1765)

United States poet (1892-1950)

the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)

a lyric poet

the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead

a poet who writes odes

a woman poet

the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain

a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region

a poet who writes sonnets