Poetaster (/poʊɪtæstər/), like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications...

Poetaster is a late Elizabethan satirical comedy written by Ben Jonson that was first performed in 1601. The play formed one element in the back-and-forth...

the free dictionary. Accentual verse Crambo Knittelvers Nonsense poetry Poetaster "Doggerel". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 September 2014. Harper, Douglas...

writer, who fancied himself as a poet, earning the derisive label of poetaster. Pye was born in London, the son of Henry Pye of Faringdon House in Berkshire...

Oleaster, signifying a plant like an olive, but less valuable (cf. poetaster), may be applied to: Feral olive trees that have been allowed to run wild...

Burton eloquently wrote about Somalia: "The country teems, with 'poets, poetasters, poetitoes, poetaccios': every man has his recognized position in literature...

(née Julia Ann Davis; December 1, 1847 – June 5, 1920) was an American poetaster. Like Scotland's William McGonagall, she is best known for writing notoriously...

the figure Corinna in Ovid's Amores. In Ben Jonson's comedy play, The Poetaster (1601), Julia is the romantic interest of Ovid. The play itself is commonly...

Gems respectively.[citation needed] Poetry portal Scottish literature Poetaster McGonagall, William (1878). "A Summary History of Poet McGonagall". Archived...

British Railways as one of the Beeching cuts. Crieff was praised by the poetaster William McGonagall in "Crieff". "Ye lovers of the picturesque, if ye wish...