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Sep 23, 2024
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Famous Poems & Poets

In honor of National Poetry Day, we've crafted this free verse of trivia featuring famous poems and poets.

Q1

Who composed the iconic poem "Oh Captain! My Captain!" in response to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?

MuLtiple Choice
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A
Ralph Waldo Emerson
C
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
B
Henry David Thoreau
D
Walt Whitman
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Q2

For which of these country music legends did counterculture poet Shel Silverstein pen the popular song "A Boy Named Sue"?

MuLtiple Choice
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A
Hank Williams
C
Johnny Cash
B
Bill Monroe
D
Ricky Nelson
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Q3

In one of her most well-known works, poet Emily Dickinson writes, "Because I could not stop for ________, he kindly stopped for me."

Multiple Choice
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A
C
B
D
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Q4

What American poet wrote the sonnet "The New Colossus," inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903?

MuLtiple Choice
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A
Sylvia Plath
C
Gwendolyn Brooks
B
Emma Lazarus
D
Elizabeth Bishop
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Q5

Which beloved American poet recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?

MuLtiple Choice
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A
Robert Frost
C
E. E. Cummings
B
T.S. Eliot
D
William Carlos Williams
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