Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
October 28
Question:
Whose poem Confessio Amantis was originally dedicated to King Richard II, who had commissioned it, but was, in later editions, dedicated to his usurper King Henry IV?
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October 27
Question:
What book, published in 1930 by Faber, was so well-thumbed by the sixteen-year-old Dylan Thomas that he had to tape the pages together?
Answer
W.H. Auden's first book, Poems . Auden's editor at Faber was T. S. Eliot.
October 26
Question:
What poet's failed business venture involved the breeding of civet-cats for perfume?
Answer
Among his many unsuccessful business ventures, which included a wholesale hosiery business and a brief stint as a brick manufacturer, Daniel Defoe undertook the cornering of the civet-cat market.
October 25
Question:
Whom did Edgar Allan Poe call "One of the least intolerable of the school of Boston transcendentalists"?
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October 24
Question:
On what poet did Cecil Day Lewis initially base the character Nigel Strangeways, the detective of his crime novels?
Answer
Writing under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, Day Lewis initially based the character on W. H. Auden, however he later made the character less extravagant.
