Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

E119020

official honorary title poet laureate position

The Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom is an honorary national role bestowed on a distinguished poet who composes verse for significant state occasions and represents the country’s poetic tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom canonical	15
Poet Laureate	1
Poet Laureate of England	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	official honorary title ⓘ poet laureate position ⓘ
advisedBy	UK government ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith	British literary tradition ⓘ British monarchy ⓘ
compensation	honorary stipend ⓘ traditional gift of wine ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
field	poetry ⓘ
firstFemaleHolder	Carol Ann Duffy ⓘ
firstHolder	John Dryden ⓘ
hasDuties	composing verse for significant state occasions ⓘ representing the nation’s poetic tradition ⓘ
hasGenderBarrierRemoved	1999 ⓘ
hasHolder	Alfred Austin ⓘ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ surface form: Alfred Tennyson Andrew Motion ⓘ Carol Ann Duffy ⓘ Cecil Day-Lewis ⓘ Colley Cibber ⓘ Henry James Pye ⓘ John Betjeman ⓘ John Dryden ⓘ John Masefield ⓘ Laurence Eusden ⓘ Nahum Tate ⓘ Nicholas Rowe ⓘ Robert Bridges ⓘ Robert Southey ⓘ Simon Armitage ⓘ Ted Hughes ⓘ Thomas Shadwell ⓘ Thomas Warton ⓘ William Whitehead ⓘ William Wordsworth ⓘ
inception	1668 ⓘ
isHonorary	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableWorkContext	coronation odes ⓘ national commemorations ⓘ royal weddings ⓘ state funerals ⓘ
officialLanguageOfWorks	English poetry ⓘ
positionHolderTitle	Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poet Laureate
precededBy	Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poet Laureate of England
residence	United Kingdom ⓘ
selectionCriteria	distinguished contribution to poetry ⓘ
termLength	10 years ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ted Hughes → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Robert Southey → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Robert Southey → awardReceived → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

William Wordsworth → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Alfred, Lord Tennyson → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom → precededBy → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poet Laureate of England

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom → positionHolderTitle → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poet Laureate

Philip Larkin → nominatedFor → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Philip Larkin → declinedPosition → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

John Dryden → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Southey → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Southey

Cecil Day-Lewis → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Madoc → authorOccupation → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

John Betjeman → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Edward James Hughes → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Aldworth, Surrey → associatedPersonTitle → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

1st Baron Tennyson → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Alfred Tennyson