Poetry Quiz Monthly Draw

by bearbit

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June 15th 2022 Cancelled due to lack of interest.

Cancelled due to lack of interest as of June 15th. I will try to come up with a better quiz.
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Poetry Quiz - The idea is not to have the correct answer but to learn the correct answer.
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Monthly Line for June 25,000gp draw.
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And may there be no sadness of farewell,
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Monthly draw Prize - 25,000
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Year end - Grand Prize Draw for all monthly winners - 100,000gp
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I will post one line from a poem in the first message of this item. (pinned)

One line will be selected a random poem from
https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poems/random_famous_poem.aspx
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Answer 5 Questions in 5 Categories to be entered in draw

IDENTIFY

(1) the Poem,
(2) the Poet,
(3) the Year,
(4) Form type,

Find

(5) a Poetic term of your choice and define it,

Poetic term answers will be rated based on POETRY FOUNDATION
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms

ie.
Sonnet - A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy
Acmeism - An early 20th-century Russian school of poetry that rejected the vagueness and emotionality of Symbolism in favor of Imagist clarity and texture. Its proponents included Osip Mandelstam and Anna Akhmatova.
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- Must answer all 5 questions correctly to be entered into monthly draw for 25,000gp.
- Winner will be chosen by random number counted down from date received and verified correct answers
- One entry per month duplicates will be deleted each month.
- Multiple entries from monthly winners will be entered for Year End Grand Prize Draw. IE. If the same person wins June & July they will be entered 2 times in the Year End Draw.
- Judging will start on the 15th of each month. New questions will be posted and Prize will be awarded by the 20th of each month.
- Editing is allowed until then end of 14th of each month.
- Internet searches are allowed. The idea is not to have the correct answer but to learn the correct answer.
- Copy and paste is accepted since I cannot be bothered to figure out if you copied the answer.
- 18+ content allowed but all content must be rated
- Violence, Hate, will be reviewed and removed/hidden if the judges deem it unsuitable to public consumption.
- Appeal to the judges is allowed after removal. Judges may remove/hide any post for any reason and the appeal decision is Final.
- Rules and judges and prizes will not change during current month but may change in subsequent months.

- Current Judges - Jim https://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/view/bearbit

My two cents worth One cent after tax
And Children
Jim (bearbit) Jim (bearbit0
https://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/view/bearbit
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