Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day.
April 15
Question:
What poet's epitaph reads, "Cast a cold eye / On life, on death. / Horseman, pass by"?
Answer
William Butler Yeats. The lines are the same that end his poem "Under Ben Bulben."
April 14
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April 12
Question:
Whose epitaph reads, "I am all for the short and merry life"?
Answer
Edward FitzGerald, famous for translating the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam .
April 11
Question:
What academic experience was shared by the poets John Milton, John Dryden, Oscar Wilde, and Algernon Swinburne?
Answer
Rustication, the British equivalent to being suspended from school in America. The term is literally derived from the idea of being "banished to the countryside."
