Just how long should a title be, anyway?

Answer these questions about poems and songs with long titles.

1. In the poem Written on passing Dead-man's Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Late in the Evening, September, 1804, what does the poet see?
2. Who penned the wonderful On the Great Encouragement Given by the English Nobility & Gentry to Correggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Catalani, Du Crowe, & Dilbury Doodle?
3. Who claimed responsibility for The Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare, Maggie, on giving her the Accustomed Ripp of Corn to Hansel in the New-Year?
4. Which British Vogon perpetrated Lines Left upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree Which Stands Near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a Desolate Part of the Shore, Yet Commanding a Beautiful Prospect?
5. How did US Poet Laureate Billy Collins show his feelings about long poem titles?

6. Complete this Fred Astaire title: How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When. . . ?
7. Can you rattle off the Hoagy Carmichael title about the Yank in Yokohoma? Who was with him in his tank?
8. Vogonity is not limited to classical poetry, Chinese or otherwise. What rock group is responsible for Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict?
9. Finish this title from Fall Out BoyL Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song. . .
10. How did The Steal respond to long song titles?

Well, those were a mouthful. (Why do they do that?) To check your answers, click on the picture below.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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