Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day.
April 12
Question:
Whose epitaph reads, "I am all for the short and merry life"?
Answer
Edward FitzGerald, famous for translating the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam .
April 11
Question:
What academic experience was shared by the poets John Milton, John Dryden, Oscar Wilde, and Algernon Swinburne?
Answer
Rustication, the British equivalent to being suspended from school in America. The term is literally derived from the idea of being "banished to the countryside."
April 10
Question:
When was the first volume of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poetry published?
Answer
In 1918, twenty-nine years after his death. Hopkins' poetry was a far cry from the norms of his Victorian contemporaries. Robert Bridges was his champion, and helped his work into print.
April 9
Question:
When was the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry published?
Answer
In 1890, four years after her death. The edition was largely expurgated and edited to fit the poetic conventions of the time. Further editions came closer to her original style; her distinctive dashes were included in the 1955 edition edited by Thomas H. Johnson.
April 8
Question:
What English poet does Johann Wolfgang Goethe pay tribute to as his character Euphorion, child of Helen and Faust, in the second part of his Faust?
Answer
