Poetry


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    1. Which of these poems did Lewis Carroll write?
    The Walrus and the Carpenter
    The Owl and the Pussycat
    The Dong with a Luminous Nose


    2. Rupert Brooke wrote 'The Soldier' during which war?
    World War Two
    Crimean War
    World War One


    3. Which part of Britain inspired William Wordsworth to write the 'Daffodils'
    Lake District
    Dartmoor
    Scottish Highlands


    4. Which of the following odes was NOT written by John Keats?
    Ode to a Roman Vase
    Ode to a Nightingale
    Ode to Fanny


    5. Who wrote the famous line "God's in his heaven, All's right with the world!"?
    John Keats
    Robert Browning
    WB Yeats


    6. Which of these poets was NOT born in England?
    Henry Longfellow
    William Wordsworth
    John Keats


    7. Who was born first?
    Henry Longfellow
    William Wordsworth
    John Keats


    8. Which pessimist wrote "Nowhere to go but out, Nowhere to come but back."?
    Henry Longfellow
    Lionel Johnson
    Benjamin Franklin King


    9. What was Robert Frost's middle name?
    Lee
    Dee
    Kee


    10. Name the poet who infamously married his 13 year old cousin?
    Edgar Allen Poe
    Lord Byron
    Percy Shelley

     

Answers to the Poetry Quiz:


1.The Walrus and the Carpenter 2. World War One 3. Lake District 4. Ode to a Roman Vase
5. Robert Browning 6. Henry Longfellow 7. William Wordsworth 8. Benjamin Franklin King
9. Lee 10. Edgar Allen Poe