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1. Which contemporary and friend of Shakespeare's wrote a poem in his memory entitled: 'To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare, and What He Hath Left Us' (Hint: This poem was prefixed to the first Folio of Shakespeare's plays)?
2. In tribute to which poet did Milton write: 'Dear son of memory, great heir of fame'?
3. For which epic poet did John Dryden write an Epigram? The opening lines of the poem are: 'Three poets, in three distant ages born, --- Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.'
4. Which poet authored the illuminated volume 'Milton, a Poet'?
5. Who wrote: 'OOOO that Shakespearian Rag- --- It's so elegant --- So intelligent'?
6. What contemporary of Yeats wrote 'Earth, receive an honoured guest: --- William Yeats is laid to rest'?
7. Allen Ginsberg's poem 'A Supermarket in California' is a tribute to which poet?
8. In tribute to which Romantic poet did Shelley write: 'Poet of nature, thou hast wept to know --- That things depart which never may return:'
9. A poem by Keats: 'On Sitting Down to Read ___________ Once Again'
10. T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' is dedicated to which poet?
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