Name the Poet! Trivia Quiz

Answer: T S Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot was a Modernist poet born in Missouri, who became a naturalised British subject in 1927. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, some of Eliot's most renowned poems include 'The Waste Land' and 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'.

Answer: John Dryden

John Dryden was a famous poet during the Restoration era of English history. Dryden was England's first or inaugural Poet Laureate, appointed in 1688 under the aegis of Charles II. Famous poems written by Dryden include 'Mac Flecknoe' and 'Hidden Flame'.

Answer: Judith Wright

A prolific Australian poet, Judith Wright was also an active campaigner for Aboriginal land rights and environmental issues. Wright's oeuvre, with poems such as 'At Cooloolah' and 'The Hawthorn Hedge' contains many references to the unique Australian environment.

Answer: Edwin Morgan

Often identified with the Scottish renaissance movement, Morgan became the first Glasgow Poet Laureate in 1999. Morgan was also named in 2004 as the first Scottish national poet, known as the 'makar'.

Answer: Meg Campbell

One of New Zealand's most prolific female poets, Meg Campbell often explored themes of depression and bipolar disorder in her poetry. Her earliest collection, 'The Way Back' was first published in 1981 and her last collection published before she died in 2007 was 'The Better Part'.

Answer: Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti was renowned for her devotional and children's poems. Rossetti's most famous poem, 'Goblin Market', was published in 1862. Her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti was also a famous poet in his own right.

Answer: Chinua Achebe

Known for the poem "Vultures" and the 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart", Chinua Achebe is arguably the most famous Nigerian novelist of the twentieth century. Achebe's first anthology of poems, "Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems" was published in 1971.

Answer: Irving Layton

Irving Layton was actually born Israel Lazarovitch in 1912, to Jewish parents. Layton migrated to Montreal with his family a year later. Layton's anthology "A Red Carpet for the Sun" won the Governor-General's Award in 1959.

Answer: Rainer Maria Rilke

A modernist poet whose oeuvre is particularly valued by theologians and New Age adherents, Rilke's work has been deeply influential across the world. The "Duino Elegies" (1912) and the "Sonnets to Orpheus" (1923) are two of Rilke's most famous poems. Interestingly, Rilke changed his first name from "René" to "Rainer", after the encouragement from Russian author Lou Andreas-Salomé.

Answer: Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney was an esteemed poet of the Elizabethan era, with works including "Astrophel and Stella" and "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia". Sidney married Frances Walsingham, the daughter of Francis, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State. Additionally, the town of Sidney in Ohio is named after the English poet.