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Great Poets & Poems

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Introduction:
"You've probably heard of these poems and poets but do you REALLY know them?"


1. Who wrote the poem, "If~", about good fatherly advice?
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Rudyard Kipling
    William Butler Yeats
    Robert Frost


2. William Blake wrote which poem about a jungle creature?
    The Crocodile
    The Elephant
    Giraffe
    The Tyger


3. Which poem did ee cummings write about early spring, mentioning "mud-luscious" and "puddle-wonderful?"
    Spring in New Hampshire
    Spring Equinox
    Spring and All
    In Just-spring


4. Which of these poems ends with a suicide?
    The Cremation of Sam McGee
    Richard Cory
    I'm Nobody, Who Are You?
    The Man He Killed


5. Which well-known poem mentioning certain flowers was written by William Wordsworth and begins with "I wandered lonely as a cloud..."?
    Daffodils
    Bouquets
    Ah Sun-Flower
    A Red, Red Rose


6. Which of these poems is written by Carl Sandburg, not about the time of day, but about a time in history?
    Daybreak
    Afternoon on a Hill
    A Summer Morning
    Buffalo Dusk


7. "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," was written by which poet?
    Dylan Thomas
    Edward Thomas
    Thomas Hardy
    Thomas Dylan


8. "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" is one poem from a collection that served as the basis for a famous musical. Who wrote these poems?
    E. M. Forster
    T. S. Eliot
    W. H. Auden
    D. H. Lawrence


9. Which person completes this part of the A. E. Housman poem, "When I Was One-and-Twenty?"

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard ________________ say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;"
    my teacher
    my father
    a wise man
    my conscience


10. "O Captain! My Captain!" was written by which great poet? The poem is also used in the movie "Dead Poets Society."
    William Wordsworth
    Walt Whitman
    Alfred, Lord Tennyson
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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