Meehan
Is Meehan alive?
Yes
In what year did Heany die?
2013
Which musician is Smith inspired by in some of the work we have studied?
Bonus 100 - Provide a nickname for this man
David Bowie
What did Bishop catch?
A Tremendous Fish
What roman numeral features after the poem East Coker?
IV
"I envied each soul in that hot interior"
Buying Winkles
What county was he born in?
Derry
Name one thing that Smith claims 'the body is.....' in Joy
Appetite / Memory / Cautious
What was the name of the person that was her first experience of death?
Bonus - what is the relation?
Arthur
Cousin
What is a Magi?
Wise man
In which poem does Meehan liken her parents to Greek Gods?
Bonus points (100 for you and 100 for another team) if you can name the Gods
Hearth Lesson
Zeus and Hera
Which poem does the following quote feature in?
Arithmetic and Fear
A Constable Calls
Which poem does the following quote feature in?
Boys brandish plastic guns with TV bravado.
Letter to a PhotoJournalist
What does the father wear in Filling station?
Monkey suit
Which poem does the following quote feature in?
The winter evening settles down with smell of steaks in passageways
Preludes
Which poem does the following quote feature in?
"Under starlight, under moonlight in the light of this tree"
Prayer for the Children of longing
Which poem does the following quote feature in?
The end of art is peace
The Harvest Bow
Which poem does the following quote feature in?
Of Course its ours; if its anyones, its ours
The universe is a House Party
Where does The Armadillo take place?
Bonus - What are they celebrating
Brazil
St. John's Day
The beginning of The Love song of J Alfred Prufrock begins with a quote from which text by an Italian writer?
Dante's Inferno
Name three cleaning products that appear in Death of a Field.
Flash, Brillo, Pledge, Ariel, Bounce, Oxyaction, Brasso or Persil
One of Heaney's poems contains allusion to a fairytale. Name that poem.
Bonus 100/100 - Name the Fairytale
The Underground
Hansel and Gretel
What state is Smith from?
Massachusetts
What are the six repeated words in Sestina?
House, Grandmother, Child, Stove, Almanac, Tears
In what year did Eliot receive the Nobel prize for literature?
1948 / 1965 / 1967
1948