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1. NAME THE POET: 'next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims and so forth oh'
2. NAME THE POEM: ' A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision I once saw It was an Abyssinian maid And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora.'
3. NAME THE POET: 'I asked a thief to steal me a peach'
4. NAME THE POEM BY JOHN DONNE: ' For if above all these, my sins abound, 'Tis late to ask abundance of thy grace When we are there. Here on this lowly ground, Teach me how to {repent;} for that's as good As if thou hadst sealed my pardon with thy blood.'
5. Wordsworth and Coleridge's 'Lyrical Ballads' were first published in which year?
6. 'After Apple Picking' was written by which American poet?
7. Sylvia Plath was married to which other poet?
8. NAME THE POET: 'Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.'
9. NAME THE POET (Surname only) 'The English are so nice So awfully nice They are the nicest people in the world.'
10. 'The Rape of the Lock' and the 'Rape of Lucrece' were written by which poets respectively?
11. The poet Wilfred Owen died in which year of the first world war?
12. What is the full name of the poet H.D.?
13. Which of the following is not the opening to a Shakespearean play?
14. In Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', whose tale comes first?
15. NAME THE POET: 'England! Awake! Awake! Awake!'
16. NAME THE POET: 'To Mr S.T. Coleridge'
17. Which poet was the first advocate of Sprung Rhythm?
18. NAME THE POEM: 'April is the cruellest month...'
19. NAME THE POET: 'The apparition of these faces in the {crowd;} Petals on a wet black bough'
20. The notorious Ern Malley hoax was directed at which Australian literary journal of the time?
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