Famous Poets Trivia Questions
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Which Chilean poet's mail was delivered by Massimo Troisi in the film 'The Postman'?
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pablo neruda
Who is the poet known for writing 'Highland Mary', 'The Banks O' Down', and 'A Man's A Man For A' That'?
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robert burns
Which famous sonneteer was honored by John Milton in a sonnet written in 1630?
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william shakespeare
Who was awarded the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes for the poem 'New Hampshire'?
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robert frost
Which poet wrote about hearing a fly buzz when she died and feeling a funeral in her brain?
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emily dickinson
Which poet, who loved music, once said 'But for opera, I could never have written Leaves of Grass'?
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walt whitman
Who is the poet that spent his last days writing poems before his death on April 5, 1997, and is known for writing 'Howl'?
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allen ginsberg
Which Lake poet wrote the haunting poem 'The Haunted Tree'?
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william wordsworth
Who is the 20th-century poet known for both his writing and his readings, particularly for the poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night'?
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dylan thomas
Which poet referred to a valley outside Balaklava as 'The Valley of Death'?
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alfred, lord tennyson
Who sold his Derry, New Hampshire farm in 1912 and moved to England to write poetry?
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robert frost
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