poet laureate
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌpəʊ.ɪt ˈlɒr.i.ət/us/ˌpoʊ.ət ˈlɑːr.i.ət/pluralpoets laureateapoetgiven aspecialpositionby thegovernment, thekingorqueen, or anorganization, who isaskedto writepoemsaboutimportantpublicoccasions:
that mostillustriousPoet Laureate, AlfredLordTennyson那位最杰出的桂冠诗人艾尔福雷德•丁尼生勋爵
In 1998, Ferlinghetti wasnamedSanFrancisco's firstpoetlaureate.
- Richard Wilbur wasnamedpoetlaureateof theUSAin 1987.
- Thecommitteeisexpectedtoannouncethe newpoetlaureatein mid-December.
- Townsbigandsmallseemtowantpoetslaureate.
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- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- ode
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy
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