Which other poet laureate was Southey's close friend?
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Dryden
Shelley
Answer
Certainly! William Wordsworth, a prominent Romantic poet and Southey's close friend, also served as England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his passing in 1850. Their shared literary interests and mutual respect for each other's work forged a strong bond between these two renowned poets.
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