English Literature 19th and 20th century poets quiz

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Hello, this is an English Literature quiz, mainly based on the 19th and the 20th century poets.

Question 1: A famous 19th century Eglish poet had separated his collections into the 'Songs of Innocence' and the 'Songs of Experience'.Who was he?

	William Wordsworth
	William Blake
	John Keats
	Robert Browning

Question 2: Along with Wordsworth, who was the other poet who published 'The Prelude' and 'Lyrical Ballads'?

	Keats
	P.B. Shelley
	Coleridge
	Browning

Question 3: What was the name of the beloved of W. B. Yeats who inspired some of his best poems like 'Broken Dreams' and 'He Wishes for The Cloths of Heaven'?

	Fanny Brawne
	Maud Gonne
	Lady Gregory
	Georgina Hyde Lees

Question 4: Poet D.H. Lawrence was very famous for a particular type of verse-form. What was it?

	Free Verse
	Iambic Pentameter
	Sprung Rhythm
	Blank Verse

Question 5: Poet W.H. Auden had remarked about a poet, that he had 'hawk's vision' and he was able 'To see the individual life related not only to the local social life of its time, but to the whole of human history.....gives one both humility and self-confidence. 'A famous collection of this particular poet is 'Wessex Poems". Who is this poet?

	Edward Thomas
	Wilfred Owen
	Gerard Manley Hopkins
	Thomas Hardy

Question 6: Who was the American poet whom Ted Hughes had married, but she later committed suicide by asphyxiation?

	Maud Gonne
	Sylvia Plath
	Elizabeth Burton
	Assia Wevill

Question 7: Who has written the poems 'Dockery and Son' and 'Poetry of Departures'?

	Ted Hughes
	Seamus Heaney
	W.H. Auden
	Philip Larkin

Question 8: Poet W.B. Yeats had written a poem called 'A Coat'. In the poem, the richly embroidered 'coat' is actually a metaphor for something much deeper he wishes to say. What is it that he wishes to express?

	The poet has composed a beautiful song for his beloved, Maud Gonne, but he was laughed at when he presented it, because Maud did not return his love
	The poems that he has composed and written have been stolen by some others, who present it to the world and call it their own.
	The poet possesses a beautiful gift, which has been stolen by some 'fools', as he calls them

Question 9: The poem 'Mariana' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson was inspired by a work of Shakespeare. Which is that play?

	A Winter's Tale
	Romeo and Juliet
	Othello
	Measure for Measure

Question 10: What is the main theme of Wordsworth's poem, 'Nutting'?

	There is no theme in this poem as such, it just tells of the how the poet enjoyed going out to gather nuts in his early days.
	Life is so full of pressure and routine, that even a single moment spent with nature must be cherished.
	Realization that there exists a life in nature, nature too contains The Divine Spirit.
	Childhood memories can never be forgotten.

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