Monday, March 30, 2009

Poetry Quiz

Hi everyone! No one's been around for a while. Everyone I know must be Facebooking. It's pouring outside just now (Monday, March 30, 8:10 pm). Karen and I are well. I am just completing my first two audits under my own name. I should have done this long ago.
Ok: Quiz Time
Three Questions -
1. What poet wrote the following line:
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter."
2. What poem is this from? and,
3. What grammarical error often occurs by those who cite this poem?
Answers
John Keats
Ode on a Grecian Urn and;
Many people mistakenly call this poem Ode to a Grecian Urn but you don't write an ode to an inanimate object.

5 comments:

Danielle said...

Hey John,

We're still out here! I've just been too consumed by the UNC basketball madness lately - GO HEELS!!! Sorry, shameless plug. : )

And I must confess that I had no idea what the answers were to the questions, as poetry is not my forte, but I appreciate the fun facts for the day!

Hope all is well there - we're thinking about you.

Love you lots,
Danielle

Greg said...

Hi John,
Martha and I think that you have too many brain cells firing these days..... you know...... reciting poetry, speaking French, etc....... :)

You'll have to give us hillbillies a break. Our cultural literacy is a bit lacking!

Hope spring has sprung in your neck of the woods!

Martha said...

I agree with Greg! : ) But always glad to further my education!

Love the CD!
Love to you both,
Martha

Bob said...

Ya know I was just putting the Keats opus down when this came over, But since the Phillies where playing a day game I forgot to answer the question. There is a rumor that Nova students where so excited about the final four three of them were spotted in a Chevy and weren't expelled. Will wonders never cease. What happened to KU this year?

Greg said...

To me, there is a far more glaring omission than KU in the final four. It's you, Bob! And a Philly team in the fray to boot! We miss you and your witty, albeit at times, esoteric commentary! Glad you've shared a bit here.
I'm impressed by your knowledge of Keats! :)