American Poets Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 5
Which poet wrote 'O Captain! My Captain!' as a lamentation on the assassination of Lincoln?
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walt whitman
Which New England poet wrote more than a third of her poems during the 1860s and was known for being reclusive?
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emily dickinson
Which poet, hailing from Indiana, wrote the 1890 poem 'The Raggedy Man' using Hoosier dialect?
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james whitcomb riley
Which poet wrote to Emerson in the 1850s, expressing his aim to confront people with 'an American rude tongue'?
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walt whitman
Which American Poet Laureate won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in both 1957 and 1989?
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richard wilbur
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