Editing Poets' Corner (section)

==Memorial types==
The memorials can take several forms. Some are stone slabs set in the floor with a name and inscription carved on them, while others are more elaborate and carved stone monuments, or hanging stone tablets, or memorial busts. Some are commemorated in groups, such as the joint memorial for the [[Brontë sisters]] (commissioned in 1939, but not unveiled until 1947 due to the [[Second World War]]), the sixteen [[First World War]] poets inscribed on a stone floor slab and unveiled in 1985, and the four founders of the [[Royal Ballet]], commemorated together in 2009.<ref>[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/news/2009/november/a-service-to-dedicate-a-memorial-to-the-founders-of-the-royal-ballet A Service to Dedicate a Memorial to the Founders of the Royal Ballet], Westminster Abbey press release, November 2009, accessed 16 March 2010</ref>

[[File:Brontes plaque Westminster Abbey.jpg|thumb|Brontë sisters wall tablet]]
The grave of [[Ben Jonson]] is not in Poets' Corner, but is in the north aisle of the nave. It has the inscription "O Rare Ben Johnson" ''(perhaps the original spelling)'' on the slab above it. It has been suggested that this could be read "Orare Ben Johnson" (pray for Ben Johnson), which would indicate a deathbed return to Catholicism, but the carving shows a distinct space between "O" and "rare".<ref name=DCWA>{{cite web
  | title = Monuments & Gravestones: Ben Jonson
  | work = Westminster Abbey 1065 to today
  | publisher = Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey
  | url = http://www.westminster-abbey.org/history-research/monuments-gravestones/people/12177
  | access-date =26 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080107172342/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/history-research/monuments-gravestones/people/12177 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 7 January 2008}}</ref> The fact that he was buried in an upright grave could be an indication of his reduced circumstances at the time of his death<ref>[[Joseph Quincy Adams|Adams, J. Q.]] ''The Jonson Allusion Book''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1922: 195–6.</ref> but it has also been suggested that Jonson asked for a grave exactly 18&nbsp;inches square from the monarch and received an upright grave to fit in the requested space.<ref name="world and its people">{{cite book
  |last = Dunton
  |first = Larkin
  |title = The World and Its People
  |url = https://archive.org/details/worldanditspeop05duntgoog
  |publisher = Silver, Burdett
  |year = 1896
  |page = [https://archive.org/details/worldanditspeop05duntgoog/page/n42 34]}}</ref> As well as the gravestone in the north aisle of the nave, a wall tablet commemorating Jonson was later erected in Poets' Corner.

As floor and wall space began to run out, the decision was taken to install a stained glass memorial window (unveiled in 1994 in memory of [[Edward Horton Hubbard]]), and it is here that new names are added in the form of inscribed panes of glass. There is room for 20 names, and currently there are six names on this window, with the latest entry ([[Elizabeth Gaskell]]) unveiled on 25 September 2010.<ref>[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/news/2010/january/abbey-to-honour-cranfords-creator Abbey to honour Cranford's creator], Westminster Abbey press release, January 2010, accessed 15 March 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/elizabeth-gaskell|title=Elizabeth Gaskell|website=Westminster Abbey}}</ref> The memorial ceremonies often include guest speakers. In 1995, [[Oscar Wilde]] was commemorated in the window and those in attendance included Sir [[John Gielgud]] and Dame [[Judi Dench]] who both read extracts from his work.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Oscar Wilde |agency=Westminster Abbey |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/oscar-wilde |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923062103/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/oscar-wilde |url-status=live }}</ref>