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Question | Possibility | Possibility | Answer |
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Why did Percy Bysshe Shelly write Ozymandias? | His best friend told him about a lost statue. | After hearing about an Italian explorer had retrieved a statue from a desert. | After hearing about an Italian explorer had retrieved a statue from a desert. |
When was London published? Who wrote it? | Published in 1794 and William Blake | Published in 1773 and William Blake | It was published in 1794 and William Blake wrote it. |
Where was William Wordsworth from? | England | The Lake District | The Lake District |
Who was intrigued by the Italian Renaissance? | Robert Browning | Percy Shelly | Robert Browning |
Was The Prelude published before or after Wordsworth death? | Before | After | After, in 1850 |
Was Alfred Tennyson a Poet Laureate? | No | Yes | Yes |
Who wrote Exposure? | Wilfred Owen | Ted Hughes | Wilfred Owen |
Who won a Nobel Prize? | Alfred Tennyson | Seamus Heaney | Seamus Heaney |
Whose father served in and fortunately survived WW1 | Jane Weir | Ted Hughes | Ted Hughes |
Who is a playwright, a poet and a novelist? | Simon Armitage | Carol Ann Duffy | Simon Armitage |
Poppies were written by who? | Seamus Heaney | Jane Weir | Jane Weir |
Which female poet received a Poet Laureate? | Carol Ann Duffy | Carol Rumens | Carol Ann Duffy |
Imtiaz Dharker wrote which poem? | Tissue | Exposure | Tissue |
Who has over 15 collections of poetry? | Alfred Tennyson | Carol Rumens | Carol Rumens |
Did Beatrice Garland live in London? | Yes | No | Yes |
Where was John Agard born and when did he move to Britain? | Guyana and 1977 | Guyana and 1959 | Guyana and 1977 |