(n.) One who employs symbols.

Meistersinger Parnassian arch-poet arranger ballad maker balladeer balladist bard beat poet bucoliast composer contrapuntist elegist epic poet ethnomusicologist fili harmonist harmonizer hymnist hymnographer hymnologist idyllist imagist jongleur laureate librettist madrigalist major poet maker melodist melodizer minnesinger minor poet minstrel modernist musicographer musicologist occasional poet odist orchestrator pastoral poet pastoralist poet poet laureate poeticule poetress rhapsode rhapsodist rhymer rhymester satirist scop scorer skald song writer songsmith sonneteer symbolist symphonist tone poet troubadour trouveur trovatore tunesmith vers libriste vers-librist verseman versemonger versesmith versifier