Poetry Trivia Questions

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

  • June 26

    Question:

    What famous singer/songwriter, who is often claimed by poets as one of their own, wrote in the liner notes of one of his albums, "Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem"?

    Answer ->

    Bob Dylan

  • June 25

    Question:

    What W.B. Yeats poem provided the title for Joan Didion's book of essays Slouching Towards Bethlehem ?

    Answer ->

    "The Second Coming." ("And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?")

  • June 24

    Question:

    What passionate relationship between poets in late nineteenth century France is dramatized in the movie Total Eclipse ?

    Answer ->

    The love affair between Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud

  • June 23

    Question:

    What poet's difficult first marriage is chronicled in the movie Tom and Viv ?

    Answer ->

    T.S. Eliot

  • June 22

    Question:

    Of which poet did T.S. Eliot suggest that "[to write like him] is equivalent to ignoring the whole of science subsequent to Erasmus Darwin?"

    Answer ->

    William Wordsworth. Wordsworth was an admirer of Erasmus Darwin, a poet in his own right.

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