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1. The following lines are the first stanza of a well known poem by Robert Frost.
'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;'
Can you name the poem from which the lines have been taken?
2. Which of the War Poets wrote the poem 'The Soldier' from which the following lines are taken?
'If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England.'
3. 'I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.'
These lines were written by W.B Yeats in his poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'.
They are about an actual place he was fond of as a child. What nationality was W. B. Yeats?
4. The following lines are taken from a poem titled 'Warning' written by
Jenny Joseph. This poem inspired a new ladies society to be formed in 1998 which took its name from the second line.
'When I am an old woman I shall wear --------
With a ------ hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.'
What two colours are missing from the quote?
5. 'Old Meg she was a gypsy;
And liv'd upon the Moors:
Her bed it was the brown heath turf,
And her house was out of doors.'
These lines are taken from the poem 'Meg Merrilies'. Which English poet, who died at the tender age of 25, wrote them?
6. 'The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright-
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.'
A bit of nonsense poetry written by Lewis Carroll. What is the title of the poem from which these lines have been taken?
7. The poem is titled 'Home Thoughts from Abroad' by Robert Browning.
What country has been omitted in the following line?
'Oh, to be in -------
Now that April's there,'
8. 'In the Bleak Midwinter' is better known as a Christmas carol than as just a poem. The the words were penned by which female writer?
'In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;'
9. '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.'
'Funeral Blues (Stop all the Clocks') was written by W. H. Auden. In which
1990s film was it featured?
10. 'Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.'
These lines are the first stanza of the poem 'Paul Revere's Ride'. They were written by which American poet?
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