POET in a Sentence

Learn POET from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

92 example sentences for POET, such as:

1. The poet Baggesen was born here.
2. The poet has written many poems for her.
3. The poet recited some of her recent poems.
4. She is not only a novelist but also a poet.
5. At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

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 Meanings and Examples of POET
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poet
 n.  a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1  "Yes; but it is a chain, friend, which ensures you the blessed bread of existence," answered the poet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
2  The poet shook his head, the copying-clerk did the same.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
3  I should like some day, just for a trial, to take such nature upon me, and be a poet myself; I am very sure I should make no such miserable verses as the others.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
4  Today, methinks, is a most delicious day for a poet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
5  "But 'tis the air which enables thee to breathe," said the poet's voice.'
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
6  And up he flew into the green roof and sang; but in the song there was no poetry, for the spirit of the poet was gone.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
7  He wanted to be a poet, and he was one; he now wished to be a merry chirping bird: but when he was metamorphosed into one, the former peculiarities ceased immediately.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
8  First I was a poet; now sold for a few pence as a lark; no doubt it was that accursed poetical nature which has metamorphosed me into such a poor harmless little creature.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
9  "I lie on the sea," said Corsor; "I have high roads and gardens, and I have given birth to a poet who was witty and amusing, which all poets are not."
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK
10  The poet Baggesen was born here.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK
11  Along time ago, there lived an old poet, a thoroughly kind old poet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE NAUGHTY BOY
12  "Those who have not a roof over their heads will be wetted to the skin," said the good old poet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE NAUGHTY BOY
13  Then the boy recovered, his cheeks again grew rosy, he jumped down from the lap where he was sitting, and danced round the kind old poet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE NAUGHTY BOY
14  "Why, your bow is quite spoiled," said the old poet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE NAUGHTY BOY
15  And he bent his bow, took aim, and shot an arrow at the old poet, right into his heart.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE NAUGHTY BOY
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  She is not only a novelist but also a poet.
2  At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
3  A poet's work may be potentiated by his experience of war and of suffering.
4  The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work.
5  A poet is one who can convert ordinary words into a meaningful and effective piece of writing.
6  The poet's voiceneed not merely be the record of man , it can be one of the props , the pillars to help him endure andprevail.
7  Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet.
8  The poet recited some of her recent poems.
9  Implicit in the poem's closing lines are the poet's own religious doubts.
10  In today's review section Anthony Edwards, playwright, poet, novelist and general wordsmith, talks about his glittering career.
11  The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
12  His fame as a poet did not come until after his death.
13  The poet minted several words that cannot be found in any dictionary.
14  The poet has written many poems for her.
15  The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.