Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
September 19
Question:
Who introduced the pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form, to Europe?
Answer
Victor Hugo is given credit for establishing this form to Europe.
September 18
September 17
Question:
Who were the foremost poets of the Spanish Golden Age (1580-1680)?
Answer
Luis de Góngora y Argote, Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas, Félix Lope de Vega Carpio ("Lope de Vega") and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
September 16
Question:
In the Western tradition, who is considered to have written the first prose poem?
Answer
Louis-Jacques-Napoléon Bertrand, who went by the pen name Aloysius Bertrand, is generally considered the author of the first prose poem. However, Charles Baudelaire is often seen as the first one to write in the new form purposefully.
September 15
Question:
Of which poet did Allen Tate write, in 1924, "That boy's a wonder -- has more sheer genius than any of us; watch him: his work from now on will have what none of us can achieve -- power."
Answer
