poet laureate
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊɪt ˈlɔːriət/
- Literature
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poeta laureado
- Joy Harjo, the Indigenous poet laureate of the United States.
- Wisconsin's poet laureate
Time magazine just released their new cover featuring Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.
- Time magazine just released their new cover featuring Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.
- I chose to read Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, the first African American poet laureate, a poem that is an homage to his late father.
- They didn't have a Whitman, but they had a poet who became for a while they're kind of poet laureate.
- I was reading a review of a book by the poet and writer Natasha Trethewey, who's our poet laureate and of one time, and it was a new book coming out.
Examples
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Summer learning, a poem by future poet laureate
Academic text (2006) -
Marilyn Taylor is Wisconsin's poet laureate.
Academic text (2009) -
And even your poet laureate.
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The poet laureate of Dogwood Lane.
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Time magazine just released their new cover featuring Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.
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Over the next few weeks, you'll be hearing poems from four finalists for the national youth poet laureate award.
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Marilyn Taylor, a contributing editor at The Writer, is Wisconsin's poet laureate.
Academic text (2010) -
The Italian poet laureate considered his Rime as his juvenile trifles, for he believed that good literature must be written in Latin.
Academic text (2018) -
The poem was an instant success and surely played a large role in Tennyson's appointment (following the death of Wordsworth) as poet laureate later in 1850.
Academic text (1992) -
Joy Harjo is celebrated as the poet laureate of the United States, known for her impactful work.
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly built from 'poet' (a person who writes poems) + 'laureate' (someone formally awarded or honored), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a poet who has been officially or honorarily recognized. The compositional logic is straightforward and occurs across languages, making the meaning predictable for learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Poet laureate comes from an old custom of putting a ring of laurel leaves on a poet's head like a small green crown to show respect. That's why a poet laureate today is a poet 'officially' chosen to 'represent' or honor a group or country.