KnowraPoet LaureateLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Poet Laureate, each with the reason it gives.All 15Related 4Narrower topic 8Compared with 3John DrydenNarrower topic: Dryden’s 1668 appointment made the office a prominent part of his literary identity.Ted HughesNarrower topic: Hughes’s tenure made his private, often dark poetic voice part of British public culture.Thomas ShadwellNarrower topic: Shadwell received the office after Dryden lost it following the Glorious Revolution.Cecil Day-LewisNarrower topic: Day-Lewis’s tenure exemplified the office’s modern role in British cultural life.Andrew MotionNarrower topic: Motion’s work helped shape modern expectations for the British laureateship.Laurence EusdenNarrower topic: The broader office clarifies how Eusden’s appointment belonged to a continuing literary institution.Ina CoolbrithNarrower topic: The broader tradition clarifies the significance of Coolbrith’s pioneering state appointment.William WhiteheadNarrower topic: Whitehead’s long service helped define the office’s eighteenth-century duties.