English poet, sensation (7)

I believe the answer is:

emotion

'sensation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'english poet' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'poet' becomes 'motion' (former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion).
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'

(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "eg Anger, fear, joy" , "Intense feeling" , "Feeling such as joy, sorrow and fear" , "E.g. fear, hate etc." , "Feeling - sentiment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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