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"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
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Poets"When a mans verses cannot be understood, nor a mans good wit seconded with the forward child understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room.—Truly, I would the gods had made thee poetical."
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet might simply be the creator who creates (composes) poems, or someone who also performs their art to an audience.
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
"He koude songes make and wel endite."
"Always be a poet, even in prose."
"Gods prophets of the Beautiful, These Poets were."
"Poets themselves, tho liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions…"
"There is a pleasure in poetic pains, Which only poets know."