great poet

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandpoet

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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poet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpəʊ.ɪt/us
/ˈpoʊ.ət/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofgreatandpoetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not believe that this is one of his best poems, although he was, in my view, agreatpoet.
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That was what thegreatpoetthought, but the situation is not as bad to-day.
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Agreatpoetand critic said recently that he was unable to define poetry.
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In the entrance stands a statue of thegreatpoetin a glass showcase that greets the audience visiting the kalakshetra.
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He was agreatpoet, an illustrious patriot, and a joyful person.
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Petracu later admitted that the writing was actually an admiring recollection of thegreatpoet.
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The mystic poetry and message of thegreatpoetteaches peace, tolerance, equality and lover in the society.
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Boileau himself, a great, though, by no means infallible critic in verse, can not be considered agreatpoet.
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He was glorified by his contemporaries as agreatpoetand a fighter for the people's rights.
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It is believed that he was from humble origin, married to princess and challenged by his wife, studied poetry to becomegreatpoet.
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She aspires to become agreatpoetbut her dwindling self-confidence more than often gets in the way.
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It's an honour to me that agreatpoetfound a stimulus in my own modest work.
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They were to be preserved in a safe place in memory and honor of thegreatpoet.
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She had been active as agreatpoetfor 30 years.
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No poet could have invented the elements of this poem; only agreatpoetcould have used them so perfectly.
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Many say this was the birth of agreatpoet.
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Pryor is the onlygreatpoetsatirist among our comics.
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This fidelity to tradition, however, does not require thegreatpoetto forfeit novelty in an act of surrender to repetition.
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Homero is agreatpoet; our century has great need of him.
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