Modern Poetry of the 30s and After Quiz

Who were the key poets to emerge during the 1930s modernism?

• John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Louis Zukofsky and George Oppen

• T.S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats

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Which group of poets was known for their hostility towards modernism and internationalism in the 1950s?

• The New Romantics

• The Movement

• The Apocalyptic Movement

• The Objectivists

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Who was the leading light of the Performance Poetry movement in the 1970s?

• Mahmood Jamal

• Malcolm Peltu

• Michael Brereton

• Seamus Heaney

Which poet was known for his dense, taut, and almost inchoate style in the 1960s?

• Charles Tomlinson

• Dylan Thomas

• Philip Larkin

• Geoffrey Hill

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Which poet was an important figure in the New Apocalyptic movement of the 1940s?

• Henry Treece

• Ted Hughes

• Dylan Thomas

• W.H. Auden

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Who was the editor of the Poetry Review in 1977?

• Bob Cobbing

• Eric Mottram

• Lee Harwood

• Roy Fisher

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Which poet is known for his work 'The Unconditional'?

• Lee Harwood

• Tom Raworth

• Simon Jarvis

• Roy Fisher

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Which poet is associated with the 'Martian' poetry set?

• Peter Barry

• Adrian Clarke

• Maggie O'Sullivan

• Andrew Motion

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Who is known for his interest in contemporary music and free improvisation?

• Cris Cheek

• Brian Catling

• Adrian Clarke

• Ulli Freer

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Which poet is known for his geopoetic works focusing on London?

• Charles Olson

• Iain Sinclair

• Allen Fisher

• Ed Dorn

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