April Is National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month!

Become well-versed in all things verse by clicking here and by visiting our Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry database (choose it from the A to Z list).

Poetry Trivia – March 22

Poetry Trivia Question – March 22

What daily gift did Geoffrey Chaucer receive from King Edward III of England, starting on St. George’s Day 1374?

Go to Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry for the answer. Find it in the A t Z list on our databases page

 

Fools Rush In – Trivia

 

What poem provided the title for E. M. Forster’s novel Where Angels Fear to Tread and the phrase in the Elvis Presley song, “Fools rush in?”*

Find the answer on the Library’s Columbia Granger’s Poetry database! [Find database listed here: BSC Library databases]

*Hint: This is the trivia question for January 20.

Remembering Lord Byron

Today we celebrate the birth of George Gordon Noel Byron, more familiarly known as Lord Byron, on January 22, 1788, in London. Lord Byron was “one of the highest-ranking English poets in the history of English letters.” In addition to “She Walks in Beauty” Byron is remembered today for his two most ambitious poems, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and Don Juan. Byron died at the of 36 of fever on April 19, 1824, in Greece.

Sources:

“George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824).” Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online (BSC Library database) (accessed January 22, 2018).

Lord Byron (engraving). Illustration. Britannica ImageQuest (BSC Library database), Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec 2017.  Accessed 22 Jan 2018.

Poetry Trivia

Question for August 30, 2017

What actor, famous for playing the role of Aragorn in the film versions of J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Lord of the Rings , is also a poet?

Find the answer via the Library’s Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry database. Click here to access the Library’s databases page – Choose Literature & Poetry – Choose Columbia Granger’s