mid·dle
adjective
Date: before 12th century
1 : equally distant from the extremes
a : constituting a division intermediate between those prior and later or upper and lower b : constituting a period of a language or literature intermediate between one called Old and one called New or Modern
4 : of a verb form or voice : typically asserting that a person or thing both performs and is affected by the action represented
po·et
noun
Date: 14th century
1 : one who writes poetry : a maker of verses
2 : one of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium
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