English Explanatory Dictionary

cyclic poet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote only about the Trojan war and its heroes.
  2. Any of a coterie of poets writing on one subject.

Word forms

cyclic poet cyclic poets

Etymology

So called because keeping within the circle of a single subject.

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