Puzzling Poetry
By Creator:Auger Lucas - Sotheby's, Sale N08952 (New York, 2013-01-31–2013-02-01), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24349551
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By Creator:Auger Lucas - Sotheby's, Sale N08952 (New York, 2013-01-31–2013-02-01), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24349551
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By Sir William Allan (1782 - 1850) (Scottish)Details of artist on Google Art Project - hgEoABQwqvm5Tg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21865907
Where was Sir Walter Scott when he composed much of his poem "Marmion"?
On horseback
In the bath
In solitary confinement
Mountaineering
By Midnightdreary - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4584249
The epitaph on Emily Dickinson's gravestone features two words, which she wrote herself. What does it say?
Called Back
At Rest
The End
Loving Mother
By Leonard Leslie Brooke - Lear, E. The jumblies and other nonsense verses. Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., London. 1910, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77886571
What was the inspiration for Edward Lear's poem "The Owl and the Pussy-cat"?
A tailless cat
A boating trip
A jar of quince jam
A tropical tree
By Lesekreis - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31259493
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win which literary prize?
Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Prize
Neustadt International Prize
Man Booker Prize
By Michel Angelo Rooker - https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.199, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77171342
Of these four Romantic poets, which one lived for the longest time?
William Wordsworth
Lord Byron
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
John Keats
By Unknown author - Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72745456
William Carlos Williams was a poet who also had a full-time job. What was it?
Doctor
Footballer
Plumber
Guitarist
By B. P. Banerjee - http://map-india.org/artwork/avimanyus-farewell-to-uttara/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85536891
The Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem known. Roughly how many words are in it?
1.8 million
2.2 million
900,000
400,000
By Richard Rothwell - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59420814
After Percy Bysshe Shelley's death at 29, what did his wife Mary Shelley do with his heart?
Carried it with her
Displayed it in a box
Buried it under a tree
Lost it on holiday
By Dr.K. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25907139
In 2010, Carol Ann Duffy wrote the poem "Achilles" for which famous person?
David Beckham
Catherine Middleton
David Cameron
Angelina Jolie
By Geoffrey Chaucer, John Urry - Private Collection of S Whitehead, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7598939
Geoffrey Chaucer's surname comes from a French word. What does it mean?
Shoemaker
Driver
Street sweeper
Stocking maker
By Edvard Munch - National Gallery of Norway, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69541493
What is the fear of poetry called?
Metrophobia
Prosophobia
Versophobia
Rhymophobia
By Reginald gray - Own workReginald Gray, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10147895
Ted Hughes published a book of poems about his relationship with Sylvia Plath. What was the title?
"Birthday Letters"
"Birthday Songs"
"Birthday Prayers"
"Birthday Gifts"
By "Tyoron2" - "Tyoron2's file", Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4268720
Originating from Japan, how many syllables does a haiku have?
17
19
16
22
By Walter Albertin - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32083678
In 1935, E. E. Cummings self-published a collection of poems financed by his mother. What was the title?
No Thanks
No Deal
No Words
No Sleep
By NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans - https://web.archive.org/web/20160112123725/http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001138.html (image link); see also https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_329.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43894484
What date is World Poetry Day, as declared by UNESCO in 1999?
21 March
21 April
21 May
21 June
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