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National Poetry Day Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Poems?

These will take you back to English GCSE.
Sarah Ann Harris
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News Reporter, HuffPost UK

National Poetry Day kicked off on Thursday with the Prince of Wales reading a poem by Seamus Heaney.

Prince Charles read the late poet’s The Shipping Forecast in a special recording on BBC’s Radio Four’s Today programme.

Many people celebrated by sharing their favourite poems on social media...

The Old Astronomer (To His Pupil) by Sarah Williams
What's your favourite poem?#NationalPoetryDay https://t.co/KqyXG04PNF pic.twitter.com/50FRuePAjU

— Alice Farrant (@nomoreparades) October 6, 2016

My favourite poem about faith: https://t.co/YojnwzDYEJ #NationalPoetryDay

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) October 6, 2016

#NationalPoetryDay is my favourite day. So, here're some beautiful sentiments from my main man John Clare 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/qQpMvaz6IU

— Clare Dyckhoff 💁🏼 (@cdyckhoff) October 6, 2016

My favourite creepy poem is My Last Duchess by Robert Browning https://t.co/1EEGiWfZza #NationalPoetryDay

— Tony Robinson (@Tony_Robinson) October 6, 2016

Here it is again as a picture. From my favourite book, The World's Wife #NationalPoetryDay #CarolAnnDuffy pic.twitter.com/DwLjugqEN6

— Erin Kelly (@mserinkelly) October 6, 2016

Most of us learnt poetry at school - but how many famous poets’ work can you actually remember?

Try our quiz and find out...

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