Name the poet
The Road not Taken
Robert Frost
British poet born in India to wealthy parents during the height of the British Empire.
Rudyard Kipling
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference
The Road not Taken
What poem contains the following lines?
"Yours is the Earth, and everything that's in it
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"
If
Who wrote the poem, "Mother to Son"?
Langston Hughes
If
Rudyard Kipling
Most of his poetry describes the rural and forest scenery of New England.
Robert Frost
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Which poem contains the following lines?
"I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out"
Introduction to Poetry
Who wrote the poem, "Fire and Ice"?
Robert Frost
Introduction to Poetry
Billy Collins
He was one of the prominent literary voices of the Harlem Renaissance, writing about the perspectives of the African-American during the post-slavery era.
Langston Hughes
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Which poem contains the following lines?
"I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
You can find an excerpt (meaning "part") of this poem placed above the entrance to Center Court at the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis Club.
If
O Captain! My Captain!
He was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001-2003, during the presidency of George W. Bush.
Billy Collins
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair
Mother to Son
Which poem contains the following lines?
"The ship is anchor'd, safe and sound, its voyage closed and done
from fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"
O Captain! My Captain!
He was appointed as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 1958.
Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
He served as a volunteer nurse for Union forces during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Walt Whitman
But I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my Captain lies
Fallen Cold and Dead
O Captain! My Captain!
An alternative and more literal title for this poem could be "Passion and Apathy".
Fire and Ice
Who was the "captain" in the poem, "O Captain! My Captain"?
Abraham Lincoln