These formulaic sequences are probably part of a whole fund of stock phrases that the oral poets had at their disposal.

Syagrus is a legendary ancient Greek oral poet.

Kabir Saheb was an oral poet whose works were written down by others.

In the ancient world it was also accepted that Homer composed without the aid of writing - that is, he was an oral poet.

Once upon a time there was a famous oral poet whose name was Homer.

Blackwell argued that Homer had been an oral poet whose songs had been edited into developed epic form long after his death.

Uvavnuk was a female angakkuq (shaman) of the Iglulik Inuit in the early 20th century, and now considered an oral poet.

Already oral poets in the 31-syllable native Japanese form, the medieval women now became writers.

He describes three stages in the training of an oral poet.

However, he also notes that oral poets learn their epics like one would learn a living, evolving language.