Lake Poets
the poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey: so called from their residence in the Lake District.
Origin of Lake Poets
1- Also called Lake School.
Words Nearby Lake Poets
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How to use Lake Poets in a sentence
Several other authors were more or less closely associated with the Lake Poets by residence or social affiliation.
From Chaucer to Tennyson | Henry A. BeersHis objection to the 'Lake Poets' was the objection of the classical to the romantic school.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie StephenAll is very sweet and pleasing and has its own peculiar charm, like the school of Lake Poets.
An American Four-In-Hand in Britain | Andrew CarnegieSouthey has often been classed with Wordsworth as belonging to a school of "Lake Poets."
English Pictures | Samuel ManningBrizeux, the poet of Brittany, reminds us of the Lake Poets, though he knew nothing about them.
British Dictionary definitions for Lake Poets
the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
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