Poetry Trivia Questions
In case you missed them, here are the past five Columbia Granger's World of Poetry trivia questions of the day. .
August 14
Question:
In 1974 what poet refused to accept the National Book Award as an individual, instead joining with two other female poets to accept it on behalf of all silenced women?
Answer
Adrienne Rich. She shared it with her co-nominees Alice Walker and Audre Lorde.
August 13
Question:
What poet began his career as "one of the roughs" only to make his reputation as "the good grey poet"?
Answer
August 12
Question:
What poet famously described his poetry as using "the real language of men"?
Answer
William Wordsworth. The phrase comes from the famous preface affixed to Lyrical Ballads.
August 11
Question:
What poet's Pulitzer Prize-winning book alludes to the title of Dante's epic poem?
Answer
James Merrill. The title of the book is Divine Comedies .
August 10
Question:
What prominent African-American poet originally composed work under the name LeRoi Jones until changing his name in 1967?
Answer
Born Everett LeRoi Jones in 1934, Jones changed his name to Imamu Amiri Baraka.
