Poetry Trivia Questions

In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .

  • July 16

    Question:

    How old was Robert Frost when his first book of poetry A Boy's Will was published?

    Answer ->

    He was 39 years old.

  • July 15

    Question:

    What poet had the unique honor of throwing the first pitch of the 1968 New York Yankee season?

    Answer ->

    Marianne Moore

  • July 14

    Question:

    What poet insisted that Hilda Doolittle sign her poems "H.D., Imagiste" when submitting them for publication?

    Answer ->

    Ezra Pound

  • July 13

    Question:

    What female modernist poet quipped, "I always wanted to be historical"?

    Answer ->

    Gertrude Stein

  • July 12

    Question:

    What American poet, fond of gothic themes, was derided as "the jingleman" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?

    Answer ->

    Edgar Allan Poe

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