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On a Poet’s Birthday – Indian Summer by Dorothy Parker

My New Year’s Resolution for 2021 is to read more poetry. So, this new series of quizzes, will take a poem by a famous poet on their birthday and ask you to fill in the missing words. The poem for this quiz is the very short but very cutting Indian Summer by Dorothy Parker whose birthday is on August 22nd .

We’ve also just turned our best quizzes into a book that you can keep! Take our quizzes home, or purchase it as a gift for a friend.

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  • Question of

    In youth, it was a way I —

    • had
    • worked
  • Question of

    To do — best to please,

    • my
    • the
  • Question of

    And —, with every passing lad,

    • change
    • melt
  • Question of

    To — his theories.

    • suit
    • fit
  • Question of

    But now I know the — I know,

    • things
    • stuff
  • Question of

    And — the things I do;

    • do
    • say
  • Question of

    — if you do not like me so,,.

    • And
    • So
  • Question of

    To hell, my —, with you!

    • dear
    • love

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