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poet laureate - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • appoint: February 2004: Edwin Morgan was appointed the first poet laureate of Scotland.
  • become: He became poet laureate in 1930 and in 1935 was made a member of the Order of Merit.
  • make: Before someone leans on someone and Chris Martin is made poet laureate.

Adjective modifier

  • late: The tragedy is presented in modern dress in a new version by the late poet laureate Ted Hughes.
  • first: February 2004: Edwin Morgan was appointed the first poet laureate of Scotland.
  • English: Ted Hughes 1998: Ted Hughes, English poet laureate, dies in Devon, England ( 68 ).
  • next: Were not trying to play the big political commentator and we dont want to be the next poet laureate.
  • unofficial: His poetry was very popular with the general reading public and he was seen by many as the unofficial poet laureate.
  • current: Poem attributed to Andrew Motion; the current poet laureate.

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