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Can you name 6 poets

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Uggers

Uggers Report 10 Oct 2009 11:49

John Ashbery
Christina Rossetti
Wilfred Owen
Dorothy Livesay
William Wordsworth
Andrew Marvell

I think I could name loads without looking them up but these came to the front of my head first. I wouldn't expect people to be able to name 6 poets without thinking unless they liked poetry but I would have expected teachers of any level to be able to name at least Shelley, Keats, Byron and Shakespeare straight away.

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust***

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** Report 10 Oct 2009 12:37

byron?

i think he was, i not sure,
i like the name, its also an area in the falklands, byron heights

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 10 Oct 2009 13:19


Dylan Thomas

John Betjeman

R L Stevenson

T.S.Elliot

Longfellow

Wordsworth
........and many.many more, I love poetry.

When I was at school we had to learn many verses 'off by heart' one of my favourites was "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
I'm quite shocked only 10% of teachers could name 6

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Lancashire Witch

Lancashire Witch Report 10 Oct 2009 13:23

If you can't name 6 poets - could you name 6 peasants?? (doesn't matter if they are revolting)

Lw as was

Uggers

Uggers Report 10 Oct 2009 13:24

The Highwayman was one of my grandmother's favourites, Mau - she could recite the whole thing. Years later when I was studying Eng Lit the lecturer brought it up as an example of *bad poetry* but I never really grasped why:)

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 10 Oct 2009 15:12

It is good to see that we on GR are able to name six poets at least and sometimes more. Sad that the teachers were unable to do so, agree with Uggers they should at least have been able to name Shakespeare, Shelley, Keats and Byron.

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Harry

Harry Report 10 Oct 2009 15:25

Me and my four brothers plus, er er the daffodil chappie.

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Rambling

Rambling Report 10 Oct 2009 17:07

Re ' the Highwayman'...my teacher Mr Taggart at primary school in the Isle of Man , used to recite this to us, he made it so atmospheric, you could 'see' Bess stood with the musket beneath her breast.... 30 primary school children all holding their breath!

xx

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