Poetaster (/poʊɪtæstər/), like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications...
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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...
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the free dictionary. Accentual verse Crambo Knittelvers Nonsense poetry Poetaster "Doggerel". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 September 2014. Harper, Douglas...
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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...
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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...
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Burton eloquently wrote about Somalia: "The country teems, with 'poets, poetasters, poetitoes, poetaccios': every man has his recognized position in literature...
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(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...
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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...
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Gems respectively.[citation needed] Poetry portal Scottish literature Poetaster McGonagall, William (1878). "A Summary History of Poet McGonagall". Archived...
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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...
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