1. Who in 1668 became the first official Poet Laureate?

2. By what name were the group of poets including among others Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso known ?

3. How many lines are there in a sonnet?

4. Which 19^th Century poet and author popularised the limerick format ?

5. Which poem has the opening line “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day” ?

6. What was Wordsworth describing when he wrote “Earth hath not anything to show more fair”?

7. Which poem contains the line “The best laid schemes o' mice an' men” ?

8. What is the name of the traditional Japanese poetic form containing 17 syllables ?

9. Which poem has the opening line “Half a league, half a league, half a league onward” ?

10. Who was the first female Poet Laureate ?

11. Which poem contains the line “Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats” ?

12. What term did Samuel Johnson coin when referring to the group of poets containing John Donne and Thomas Traherne ?

13. Which poem opens with “By the shores of the Gitche Gumee” ?

14. Which WW1 poet wrote “Anthem for Doomed Youth” ?

15. Which Nobel Prize winning poet was born in County Derry in 1939 ?

16. Which poem has the opening line “’twas brilling and the slithy toves” ?

17. Which poet was described by Lady Caroline Lamb as being “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know” ?

18. Which TWO poets were mentioned in the 1966 song by Paul Simon “The Dangling Conversation”?

19. According to T.S. Eliot which month is the cruellest ?

20. Who wrote “Do not go gentle into that good night” ?

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