lyric poet
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The entry for Catullus, several of whose poems I could recite from memory in Latin, read: "The greatest lyric poet of Rome."
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
This is partly because Wells, with the unaffected precision of a lyric poet, is very nearly reinventing the language of film, unlocking the medium’s often dormant potential to disclose inner worlds of consciousness and feeling.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Rock ’n’ roll’s first guitar hero and its original lyric poet, Berry chipped away for nearly a decade writing songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2017
Whereas the lyric poet waits and so tends towards silence, these two are always restlessly arranging, adding and rearranging.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2016
Pindar'ic, after the style and manner of Pindar—a lyric poet of Greece.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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