Poetry Trivia Questions

In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .

  • July 10

    Question:

    What famous British poet wrote of the Decadent movement: "Art for Art's sake! Hail, truest Lord of Hell!"?

    Answer ->

    Alfred Tennyson

  • July 9

    Question:

    What American poet, born in St. Louis, Missouri, became a British citizen and described himself as a "classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and Anglo-catholic in religion"?

    Answer ->

    T.S. Eliot

  • July 8

    Question:

    What American poet, born in Iowa, made pro-Fascist speeches in propaganda broadcasts from Italy during the World War II?

    Answer ->

    Ezra Pound

  • July 7

    Question:

    William Luce wrote a play called The Belle of Amherst about which American poet?

    Answer ->

    Emily Dickinson

  • July 6

    Question:

    Alfred, Lord Tennyson once bragged of making 2,000 pounds from writing poetry; however, he identified one American poet who topped him, earning 3,000. Who was that poet?

    Answer ->

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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