Artist depicts poet (5)

I believe the answer is:

yeats

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'poet' is the definition.
(I know that Yeats is a poet)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for yeats that I've seen before include "William Butler ....., poet and dramatist" , "literary figure" , "William Butler ..., great Irish poet" , "Irish poet, 1923 Nobel Prize winner" , "Poet William Butler or painter Jack B" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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