Unseen Poetry

Question 1

When was William Blake born and died?

Answer 1

1757-1827

Question 2

When was John Keats born and died?

Answer 2

1795-1821

Question 3

When was Christina Rossetti born and died?

Answer 3

1830-1894

Question 4

When was Thomas Hardy born and died?

Answer 4

1840-1928

Question 5

When was Robert Frost born and died?

Answer 5

1874-1963

Question 6

When was Wilfred Owen born and died?

Answer 6

1893-1918

Question 7

When was Dorothy Parker born and died?

Answer 7

1893-1967

Question 8

When was W. H. Auden born and died?

Answer 8

1907-1973

Question 9

When was Maya Angelou born and died?

Answer 9

1928-2014

Question 10

When was Tony Harrison born and died?

Answer 10

1937-

Question 11

When was Wendy Cope born and died?

Answer 11

1945-

Question 12

When was Brian Patten born and died?

Answer 12

1946-

Question 13

When was Jo Shapcott born and died?

Answer 13

1953-

Question 14

When was Sophie Hannah born and died?

Answer 14

1971-

Question 15

When was Owen Sheers born and died?

Answer 15

1974

Question 16

What are William Blake’s poems?

Answer 16

• The Tyger
• A Poison Tree
• The Lamb
• Holy Thursday

Question 17

What are John Keat’s poems?

Answer 17

• On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
• To Autumn
• Bright Star
• Ode to a Nightingale

Question 18

What are Christina Rossetti’s poems?

Answer 18

• Winter: My Secret
• Remember
• A Birthday
• Cousin Kate

Question 19

What are Thomas Hardy’s poems?

Answer 19

• I Look Into My Glass
• The Voice
• The Ruined Maid
• The Darkling Thrush

Question 20

What are Robert Frost’s poems?

Answer 20

• The Road Not Taken
• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
• The Gift Outright

Question 21

What are Wilfred Owen’s poems?

Answer 21

• The Dead-Beat
• Anthem for Doomed Youth
• Dulce et Decorum est
• Futility

Question 22

What are Dorothy Parker’s poems?

Answer 22

• Condolence
• Men
• Interior
• A Well-Worn Story

Question 23

What are W. H. Auden’s poems?

Answer 23

• The More Loving One
• Funeral Blues
• Refugee Blues
• Night Mail

Question 24

What are Maya Angelou’s poems?

Answer 24

• Kin
• On the Pulse of Morning
• Caged Bird
• Woman Work

Question 25

What are Tony Harrison's poems?

Answer 25

* Long Distance II * Book Ends * Bringing Up * Background Material

Question 26

What are Wendy Cope's poems?

Answer 26

* The Sitter * Flowers * Spared * If I Don't Know

Question 27

What are Brian Patten's poems?

Answer 27

* The Armada * A Blade of Grass * Staring at the Crowd * A Small Design

Question 28

What are Jo Shapcott's poems?

Answer 28

* Volumes * Of Mutability * Phrase Book * Electroplating the Baby

Question 29

What are Sophie Hannah's poems?

Answer 29

* Against Road-building * Person Specification * Hotels Like Houses * Your Dad Did What?

Question 30

What are Owen Sheers' poems?

Answer 30

* History * Inheritance * On Going * Valentine