Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day.
March 5
Question:
On what true story did Christina Rossetti base her poem "The Convent Threshold"?
Answer
The story of Abelard and Heloïse.
March 4
Question:
What poets are most closely associated with the poetry movement simply called "The Movement"?
Answer
Philip Larkin, Donald Davie, and Thom Gunn among others.
March 3
Question:
Where do the Cavalier poets get their name?
Answer
"Cavalier" was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War, in contrast to the puritan "Roundheads." The Cavalier poets, particularly Thomas Carew, Robert Herrick, and Richard Lovelace, favored the "plain style" approach to verse.
March 2
Question:
What famous Elizabethan tavern is immortalized in a John Keats poem?
Answer
The Mermaid Tavern. It was the regular watering hole of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, as well as many other poets.
March 1
Question:
Which English Romantic poets belonged to the so-called "Satanic School"?
Answer
Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. Robert Southey coined the phrase to characterize their audacity and general air of rebelliousness.
