RES NPD 22

What is the name of a poem that spells out a word down the side?

• Acrobat

• Acronym

• Acrostic

• Acrylic

Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, is celebrated annually in Scotland on what date?

• 25th January

• 25th February

• 25th March

• 25th April

According to poetrysoup.com, who is the world's most famous poet?

• William Butler Yeats

• William Blake

• William Wordsworth

• William Shakespeare

How many sonnets did Shakespeare compose?

• 134

• 144

• 154

• 164

What form of poetry is a five-line poem of one stanza which often deals with a humorous topic?

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Haiku

Which of these is NOT an Irish poet?

• Seamus Heaney

• Paula Meehan

• Eavan Boland

• Philip Larkin

Who wrote the 'Revolting Rhymes'?

• David Walliams

• Spike Milligan

• Roald Dahl

• Julia Donaldson

Which of these animals does not find 'room on the broom?'

• Dog

• Owl

• Cat

• Frog

Which Irish poet hails from Sligo and founded the Abbey Theatre in Dublin?

• W.B Yeats

• Paul Durkan

• Seamus Heaney

• Patrick Kavanagh

The poem 'O Captain, My Captain' by American poet, Walt Whitman, features in which Robin Williams' film?

• Good morning, Vietnam

• Mrs Doubtfire

• Flubber

• Dead Poet's Society