Exploring Poetry and Poets

The video features a project adapting children's poetry to music, showcasing poems by Charles Edward Carryl, Nathalia Crane, E.E. Cummings, Laurence Alma-Tadema, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Each poem is performed with musical accompaniment, and the presenter shares insights into the poets' lives and works. The session concludes with a thank you song and audience interaction.

What is the main theme of the song 'The Sleepy Giant'?

• A giant's journey to find treasure

• A giant's battle with other giants

• A giant's love for little boys

• A giant's regret over his past actions

Who is the author of the poem 'The Sleepy Giant'?

• Rachel Field

• Charles Edward Carryl

• Robert Graves

• Christina Rossetti

What was Nathalia Crane's first book of poems called?

• If No One Ever Marries Me

• Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

• The Janitor's Boy

• The Sleepy Giant

What is the setting for the poem 'Maggie and Milly and Molly and May'?

• A forest

• A city

• A beach

• A mountain

Which poet wrote 'If No One Ever Marries Me'?

• Gerard Manley Hopkins

• Nathalia Crane

• E.E. Cummings

• Laurence Alma-Tadema

What is the tone of Laurence Alma-Tadema's poem 'If No One Ever Marries Me'?

• Sad and melancholic

• Joyful and carefree

• Angry and rebellious

• Sweet and slightly defiant

What significant life choice did Laurence Alma-Tadema make?

• She became a painter

• She became a musician

• She moved to America

• She chose not to marry

What was Gerard Manley Hopkins' profession?

• A painter

• A stockbroker

• A musician

• A Jesuit priest

Why did Gerard Manley Hopkins stop writing poetry for a period?

• He was too busy with his teaching duties

• He was discouraged by critics

• He couldn't reconcile it with his religious life

• He lost interest in poetry

What is the theme of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem 'Spring and Fall'?

• The joy of spring

• The innocence of childhood

• The beauty of nature

• The inevitability of sorrow