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Which poet is known for the collection "The Prophet"?

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Kahlil Gibran

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Which English poet wrote the epic "Paradise Lost"?

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John Milton

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What is the name of the 19-line poetic form with two refrains?

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Villanelle

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Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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Walt Whitman

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Which American poet wrote "Still I Rise"?

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Maya Angelou

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Which American poet wrote the modernist epic 'The Bridge'?

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Hart Crane

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In what year was William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence' first published?

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1789

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Which Nobel laureate wrote the epic poem 'Omeros'?

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Derek Walcott

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Which English poet wrote the sonnet sequence 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'?

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Who wrote the sonnet 'Ozymandias'?

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Who is traditionally credited with writing the epic poem 'The Odyssey'?

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Homer

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Which metaphysical poet wrote 'The Flea'?

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John Donne

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