lyric poet

collocation in English

meaningsoflyricandpoet

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lyric
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪr.ɪk/us
/ˈlɪr.ɪk/
(especially of poetry and songs) expressing personal thoughts ...
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poet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpəʊ.ɪt/us
/ˈpoʊ.ət/
a person who ...
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(Definition oflyricandpoetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am not even an ordinarylyricpoet.
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It was for outstanding work as alyricpoet.
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Having given up all idea of the church, he had formed the determination to win fame as alyricpoet.
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Short poems and songs incorporated in some of the romances attest to his ability as alyricpoet.
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He was both a prominentlyricpoetand an outstanding satirical poet.
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He was a superblyricpoetwho happened to have the additional gift of a theatrical imagination.
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Petrarch was the first humanist, and he was at the same time the first modernlyricpoet.
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He was alyricpoet.
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Landesmann was distinctively alyricpoet.
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It added to its fame by lending its name to one of our best lyric poets.
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Arguably his claim to immortality chiefly rests on these volumes, which placed him in the front rank of lyric poets.
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They are lyric poets, heavily autobiographical; some are practitioners of the experimental long poem.
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