Identifying Titles, Authors, or Schools of Nineteenth-Century Poetry

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Questions
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1

What poem begins with a sailor killing an albatross, which curses him throughout the poem?

2

"Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,

All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old,

Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,

Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,

A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,

Chair'd in the adamant of Time."

(1855)

Which American poet wrote this poem?

3

The American poet who wrote the poetry collection Leaves of Grass is __________.

4

Which poet wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" about the death of Abraham Lincoln?

5

The lengthy poem about a Native American chief The Song of Hiawatha was written by which American author?

6

What poet composed the long narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harolde's Pilgrimmage?

7

Who was the author of the poem that involves a visitor that only utters the word "nevermore"?

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