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 6

    Question:

    Alfred, Lord Tennyson once bragged of making 2,000 pounds from writing poetry; however, he identified one American poet who topped him, earning 3,000. Who was that poet?

    Answer ->

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • July 5

    Question:

    What mid-nineteenth century American author served as a battlefield nurse during the Civil War?

    Answer ->

    Walt Whitman

  • July 4

    Question:

    Which early attempt an "American Epic" was greeted as a tremendous failure upon its publication in 1807?

    Answer ->

    Joel Barlow's The Columbiad .

  • July 3

    Question:

    Why did a number of prestigious Boston elders affix their signatures as witnesses to the title page of Phillis Wheatley's book of poems?

    Answer ->

    It was generally held that African-Americans were incapable of such an accomplishment.

  • July 2

    Question:

    What early American poet was shocked to find that her poetry had been published in England under the title The Tenth Muse Lately sprung up in America ?

    Answer ->

    Anne Bradstreet

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