poeta

Definitions of poeta
  1. noun
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
    synonyms: versificador
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    Dante Alighieri
    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)
    John Donne
    English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)
    Homero
    ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
    Víctor Hugo
    French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
    William Shakespeare
    English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
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    bardo, vate
    a lyric poet
    poeta elegíaco
    the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
    poetisa
    a woman poet
    sonetista
    a poet who writes sonnets
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    autor, escritor
    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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