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2024
cyclic_poet
cyclic poet
English
Noun
cyclic
poet
(
plural
cyclic poets
)
(
historical
)
Any of certain
epic
poets
who followed
Homer
, and wrote only about the
Trojan
war
and its
heroes
.
(
by extension
)
Any of a
coterie
of poets writing on one subject.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Milman to this entry?)
Etymology
So called because keeping within the circle of a single subject.
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