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Poetry in Motion

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Introduction:
"Poetry has been around for centuries and is well enjoyed by many. I will give you information about poems. All you have to do is answer my questions. I really hope you enjoy the literary work."


1. From which work of art do these lines come? ?Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore?.?
    The Bells
    The Sleeper
    Eldorado
    The Raven


2. Oscar Wilde wrote both poetry and books. From which poem do these lines stand strong? ?Peace, Peace, she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it."


    Her Voice
    Ravenna
    The Grave of Keats
    Requiescat


3. This verse, ?He never stops, but slackens Above the Ripest Rose --
Partakes without alighting And praises as he goes,? comes from which of the hundreds of poems by Emily Dickinson?
    While it is Alive
    Who is the East
    While Asters
    Within my Garden, Rides a Bird


4. One of her best known poems contained these words, ?With my lost saints,?I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!? From which poem do these words come?

    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways (sonnet 43)
    Bianca Among the Nightingales
    Yet, Love, Mere Love, is Beautiful Indeed (sonnet 10)
    My Heart and I


5. If I give you a line or two, will you be able to tell me the title of this William Wordsworth poem? ?When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.?
    Lines Written in Early Spring
    I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud
    Written in March
    Resolution and Independence


6. Sylvia Plath (1932 to 1963) published hundreds of poems. From which poem does this line, ?I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.?, come from?

    Daddy
    Mirror
    Child
    Jilted


7. With great depth, this author created many wonderful poems. Robert Frost wrote these lines, ?Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both?. In which poem are these lines written?
    The Road Not Taken
    Design
    The Lockless Door
    My November Guest


8. Erica Jong was born in 1942. She has a list of fine works in both poetry and prose. ?Sometimes the poem can't requite the poet's passion.? are some lines from one of her poems. Do you know which one?
    The Poem Cat
    Colder
    The Poet Fears Failure
    After the Earthquake


9. One of my favorite poems contains the line, ?a nest of robins in her hair?. Do you know the name of this beautiful poem by Joyce Kilmer?
    Roses
    Trees
    In Memory
    Vision


10. "By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?", are two lines from my absolute favorite poem. Do you know the title of this most amazing work, by Samuel Coleridge?
    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    The Good Great Man
    Kubla Khan
    Youth and Age


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