Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
May 24
Question:
Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" is a classic poem of ingenuous entreaty. Which of Marlowe's fellow Elizabethans wrote a skeptical response to his poem?
Answer
Sir Walter Ralegh. His "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" expresses doubts about the "truth in every shepherd's tongue."
May 23
May 22
Question:
Sir Thomas Wyatt often found himself in trouble for his relationship with Henry VIII's second wife Anne Boleyn, yet he always managed to escape with his head. What other English sonneteer, related to Henry's fifth wife Catherine Howard, was not so fortunate?
Answer
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. After Catherine was executed for adultery, Surrey, her cousin, was also executed for having incorporated the royal seal into his coat of arms.
May 21
Question:
The English, or Shakespearean, sonnet was not invented by William Shakespeare. What poet has the honor of pioneering the form in England?
Answer
May 20
Question:
What poem that described an event in Crimean War was published within a month of that event?
Answer
