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 1
Question:
How many words is Shakespeare credited with adding to the English lexicon?
Answer
Shakespeare is credited with either using in a novel way or introducing over 1,700 words to the English language. This represents about 10% of the vocabulary used in his writings.
September 30
Question:
How many of Emily Dickinson's poems were published during her lifetime?
Answer
Of 1,789 extant poems, only 10 were published before she died in 1886.
September 29
Question:
To whom was Arthur Rimbaud's letter, which contained the famous words "Je est un autre" ("I is an other"), addressed?
Answer
French professor George Alphonse Fleury Izambard received Rimbaud's famous letter in 1871. A year earlier he had given Rimbaud a copy of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables .
September 28
September 27
Question:
What book is sometimes called the first novel though it contains nearly 800 poems?
Answer
The Tale of Genji was written by Murasaki Shikibu. Despite the description as a novel, it was written in a form that combines prose with poetry and contains nearly 800 poems, which have come to be esteemed more highly than the prose.
