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1. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
2. Who wrote Canterbury Tales?
3. Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city?
4. Which influential American poet was born in Long Island in 1819?
5. In what form did Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' first become known?
6. The magazine 'Contemporary Poetry and Prose' was inspired by which exhibition?
7. The theme is …?
8. How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
9. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with?
10. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
11. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as
12. Which of the following is not a poet?
13. In his poem Kipling said 'If you can meet with triumph and ….. '?
14. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats?
15. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books?
16. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?
17. What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?
18. What is a funny poem of five lines called?
19. In coleridge's poem 'The rime of the Ancient Mariner'where were the three gallants going?
20. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
21. Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?
22. 'Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden.' This is an extract from:
23. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry?
24. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?
25. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England) ?

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