| Year | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1843–50 | William Wordsworth | 78%
|
| 2009–19 | Carol Ann Duffy | 67%
|
| 1850–92 | Alfred Lord Tennyson | 61%
|
| 2019– | Simon Armitage | 56%
|
| 1999–2009 | Andrew Motion | 44%
|
| 1668–89 | John Dryden | 44%
|
| 1984–98 | Ted Hughes | 44%
|
| 1972–84 | Sir John Betjeman | 39%
|
| 1930–67 | John Masefield | 28%
|
| 1813–43 | Robert Southey | 28%
|
| 1968–72 | Cecil Day-Lewis | 17%
|
| 1692–1715 | Nahum Tate | 17%
|
| 1896–1913 | Alfred Austin | 11%
|
| 1790–1813 | Henry James Pye | 11%
|
| 1715–18 | Nicholas Rowe | 11%
|
| 1913–30 | Robert Bridges | 11%
|
| 1785–90 | Thomas Warton | 11%
|
| 1718–30 | Laurence Eusden | 6%
|
| 1689–92 | Thomas Shadwell | 6%
|
| 1757–85 | William Whitehead | 6%
|
| 1730–57 | Colley Cibber | 0%
|