| Year | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1843–50 | William Wordsworth | 79%
|
| 1850–92 | Alfred Lord Tennyson | 63%
|
| 2009–19 | Carol Ann Duffy | 58%
|
| 1668–89 | John Dryden | 53%
|
| 2019– | Simon Armitage | 47%
|
| 1999–2009 | Andrew Motion | 42%
|
| 1984–98 | Ted Hughes | 42%
|
| 1813–43 | Robert Southey | 32%
|
| 1972–84 | Sir John Betjeman | 32%
|
| 1930–67 | John Masefield | 26%
|
| 1968–72 | Cecil Day-Lewis | 16%
|
| 1692–1715 | Nahum Tate | 16%
|
| 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 | 5%
|
| 1689–92 | Thomas Shadwell | 5%
|
| 1757–85 | William Whitehead | 5%
|
| 1730–57 | Colley Cibber | 0%
|