Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
November 5
Question:
What work was at the center of what has been called the world's first literary quarrel, which took place in 1401 and 1402?
Answer
The Querelle du Roman de la Rose (Quarrel of the Romance of the Rose) was over whether Jean de Meun's allegorical poem "Roman de la Rose" merited the literary attention it received. Written, most likely, at the end of the thirteenth century, Jean de Meun had added nearly 19,000 lines to Guillaume de Lorris's earlier version. The work was accused of being vulgar and unfair in its satirical treatment of women.
November 4
Question:
Who has been identified as Europe's first professional female writer?
Answer
Christine de Pisan developed her reputation as a writer from 1399 to 1430. Born in Venice, she worked for the king of France as an astrologer, physician and alchemist. Aphra Behn is considered one of the first English women to be a professional writer.
November 3
Question:
What contemporary poet did John Dryden compare to Sappho?
Answer
Subject of Dryden's elegy "To The Pious Memory of the Accomplished Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew," Anne Killigrew is likened to Sappho.
November 2
Question:
Whose 1866 book Hyak nin is'shiu, or,Stanzas by a Century of Poets, Being Japanese Lyrical Odes , was a literary model for the Imagists?
Answer
Frederick Victor Dickins is responsible for the first English translation of the Hyakunin isshu , which is also known as 100 Poems by 100 Poets .
November 1
Question:
Whose brief interest in poetry was long enough for him to become an originator of Imagism?
Answer
T. E. Hulme was a founder of Imagism, despite his Complete Poems at one point consisting of only 5 poems.
