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Who wrote the elegy 'Adonais'?
Who wrote the elegy 'Adonais'?
- Tennyson
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (correct)
- Sidney
- John Keats
Which elegy mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln?
Which elegy mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln?
- In Memory of W. B. Yeats - W. H. Auden
- O Captain! My Captain! - Walt Whitman
- Elegy on his Cat - Joachim Du Bellay
- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd - Walt Whitman (correct)
Which poet wrote the elegy 'In Memoriam'?
Which poet wrote the elegy 'In Memoriam'?
- Ben Johnson
- Tennyson (correct)
- William Watson
- Matthew Arnold
Who wrote the elegy 'Elegy written in the Country Churchyard'?
Who wrote the elegy 'Elegy written in the Country Churchyard'?
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Elegies and Their Authors
- Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the elegy 'Adonais'.
- Walt Whitman's elegy 'O Captain! My Captain!' mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote the elegy 'In Memoriam'.
- Thomas Gray wrote the elegy 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'.
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Test your knowledge of famous elegies with this quiz! From Shelley's "Adonais" to W.H. Auden's "In Memory of W.B. Yeats," see how many of these poignant poems you can match with their respective subjects and authors.
