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Definition of Poetaster

Poetaster
Poetaster Po"et*as`ter, n. An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Poetaster from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- (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...
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- over "the non-descript ephemera from the heated brains of self-important poetasters" that p**** as sonnets in the literary reviews of her day. The example...
- Moore Wesley Willis Tommy Wiseau Scottish literature The Eye of Argon Poetaster McGonagall, William (1878). "A Summary History of Poet McGonagall". Archived...