Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
June 4
Question:
In his early poem "Sleep and Poetry" John Keats asked for ". . . ten years, that I may overwhelm / Myself in poesy." How many years did Keats actually have to write?
Answer
Only seven, over the course of which he wrote 148 poems, 45 of which were published in his lifetime.
June 3
June 2
Question:
Who described William Blake's poem "Jerusalem," now England's unofficial national anthem, as a "perfectly mad poem"?
Answer
Robert Southey. Southey was poet laureate towards the end of Blake's life.
June 1
Question:
Jane Taylor's famous children's poem "The Star" (also known as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star") is a popular target for parody. Which is the best known?
Answer
"Lewis Carroll's. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the dormouse at the Mad Hatter's party, recites:
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a teatray in the sky. "May 31
Question:
To whom is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Dejection: an Ode" addressed?
Answer
Sara Huchinson, William Wordsworth's sister-in-law. Coleridgewas hopelessly in love with her for some ten years. "Dejection: an Ode" was originally a letter in verse to her.
