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Daily Mail literary Quiz poets question(how many lines written...)

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snoopyfan | 11:43 Sun 04th Jan 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Does anyone know how to find out which poet wrote the most lines of poetry

Answers are : John Milton, William Shakespeare and William Wordsworth

Number of lines are 87000, 54000 & 20000

Am presuming answer is poetry only and does not include Shakespeare's plays.

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Hang on a bit I will let you know when I have finished counting
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ha ha, it is a rotten question isn't it!!
Get hold of a copy of Milton's complete works and by reference to page numbers , assess the proportion that Paradise Lost bears to the whole . Paradise Lost is about 10000 lines and my guess (only) is that Milton is the lowest of your numbers .
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thanks for the idea- I do work in a library so guess I should know the answers anyway but I don't!!!

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