November+19

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry  22. Gary Soto, a well-known Hispanic poet refers to how much it will cost in his line, “Today its going to cost us __ dollars to live.” How many dollars will it cost? (t//wenty//)  23. Dear Mother, Dear Daughter is a collection of poems focusing on problems that mother and daughters most often experience. It was written by a woman known as a modern-day Aesop. Who is this author? (//Jane Yolen//)  24. Jane Yolen is a cat person. Her husband is a god person. Her poem in this collection of poetry is based on personal experience. The title depicts a certain expression describing wet weather. What is the title? (//Raining Cats and Dogs//)  25. Two famous contemporary female poets for children share the same surname. Their family names, however, are Giovanni and Grimes. Spelled properly, what is their first names? (//Niki//)  26. //Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?// is the first verse of a famous love sonnet by a famous author, who was also nicknamed the Bard. What is the name of this poet? (//Shakespeare//)
 * 1) What poem starts with the following lines and who was the poet? //(The Jabberwocky – Lewis Carroll)//
 * 1) “I’m making a pizza the size of the sun” is the first line of a poem by the same name. Who is the author of that poem? (Jack Prelutsky)
 * 2) In this poem Robert Lee Frost is confronted with having to choose between two roads that converge in a yellow wood. What is the title of the poem? (//The Road not Taken//)
 * 3) 'On the Ning Nang Nong' was voted the UK's favourite comic poem in 1998. Who was its author? (//Spike Milligan//)
 * 4) Can you complete the following verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning? How do I love thee? (//Let me count the ways//)
 * 5)  In Lewis Carroll's Poem, what do the Walrus and the Carpenter eat? (//oyster – from// //Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There)//
 * 6) This long poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was written a long time ago and tells the story of a man who kills an albatross and as punishment he must wear the dead albatross around his neck. What is the title of this poem? (//The Rime of the Ancient Mariner//)
 * 7) The Raven is one of America’s most famous poems. Who wrote it? (//Edgar Allan Poe//)
 * 8) In Alice in Wonderland, the white rabbit is heard repeating a line “I’m late, I’m late for a very important _”. What must Alice not miss? (//date//)
 * 9) Name the author of __Where the Sidewalk Ends.__ (//Shel Silverstein//)
 * 10)  What is the name of the dragon in the poem by Ogden Nash? (//Custard- The Tale of Custard the Dragon)//
 * 11) __Amaze Me__ is a collection of poems for girls. What is the name of the poet? (//Naomi Shihab Nye//)
 * 12) How many lines does a limerick have? (5); a haiku? (3); a cinquian? (5); a sonnet?(14)
 * 13) Where do you find an epitaph? (//On a tombstone//)
 * 14) A collection of poetry centering on word play by Michael Rosen has as its title Walking the Bridge of Your . What specific part of the body does the author refer to? (//Nose//)
 * 15) Who is Teodore Geisel? (//Dr. Seuss)//
 * 16) The poem and song __Auld Lang Syne__ is most often sung at New Year's parties when the old year dies at midnight and the new year is ushered in. The author is a famous Scottish poet who wrote it in 1788. What is the name of this poet? (//Robert (Robbie ) Burns//)
 * 17) William Blake did not write “Roca-a-bye-Baby’. Rather, his poem about a sleeping baby was entitled _Song. //(Cradle//)
 * 18) Roald Dahl wrote an hilarious but crude rendition of many poems including Cinderella and Crockey-Wok the Crocodile. Name the title of his book of Rhymes. (//Revolting Rhymes//)
 * 19) Jack Prelutski did not write about raining cats and dogs. Instead, his poem is entitled It’s Raining Pigs and ”.(//noodles//)
 * 20) A collection of poetry centering on word play by Michael Rosen has as its title Walking the Bridge of Your . What specific part of the body does the author refer to? (//Nose//)
 * 21) Who wrote the following lines? (//William Blake//