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The First Poet Laureate in English Literature was __________?

Correct answer: C. John Dryden

  • A. Thomas Carlyle
  • B. Alexander Pope
  • C. John Dryden
  • D. John Ruskin

Explanation

John Dryden became the first officially recognised Poet Laureate of England in 1668. Alexander Pope was never Poet Laureate, despite his major poetic reputation.

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