Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
August 12
Question:
What poet famously described his poetry as using "the real language of men"?
Answer
William Wordsworth. The phrase comes from the famous preface affixed to Lyrical Ballads.
August 11
Question:
What poet's Pulitzer Prize-winning book alludes to the title of Dante's epic poem?
Answer
James Merrill. The title of the book is Divine Comedies .
August 10
Question:
What prominent African-American poet originally composed work under the name LeRoi Jones until changing his name in 1967?
Answer
Born Everett LeRoi Jones in 1934, Jones changed his name to Imamu Amiri Baraka.
August 9
Question:
What character from Shakespeare's The Tempest provided the title for Sylvia Plath's most famous poetry collection?
Answer
Ariel.
August 8
Question:
The Lowell family of Boston produced which three prominent figures in American Poetry?
Answer
