| 100% | YEATS | 5 | Poet William Butler ___, who wrote "The Second Coming" |
| 96% | YEATS | 5 | Irish poet William Butler ___ who wrote "The Second Coming" |
| 71% | YEATS | 5 | "The Second Coming" poet, William Butler ___ |
| 67% | YEATS | 5 | Irish poet William Butler ___, who wrote "Easter, 1916" |
| 63% | YEATS | 5 | Irish poet W. B. ___, who wrote "The Second Coming" |
| 60% | WILLIAMBUTLER | 13 | ___ Yeats, Irish poet who wrote the poem "The Second Coming" and helped found the Abbey Theatre: 2 wds. |
| 57% | WORDSWORTH | 10 | Poet William who wrote "The Prelude" |
| 55% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 54% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Butler who wrote “Parable of the Sower” |
| 52% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| 52% | GOLDMAN | 7 | William who wrote The Princess Bride |
| 51% | TATE | 4 | Poet who wrote the novel "The Fathers" |
| 50% | LECARRE | 7 | John, who wrote The Spy Who Came In from the Cold |
| 50% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'" |
| 50% | TENNYSON | 8 | Poet who wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| 50% | COLERIDGE | 9 | Poet who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| 50% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore'" |
| 50% | ADALIMON | 8 | Poet laureate who wrote The Hurting Kind |
| 50% | POE | 3 | Poet Edgar Allan, who wrote The Raven |
| 50% | MARIEL | 6 | Hemingway who wrote "Out Came the Sun" |
| 49% | ARLO | 4 | Folk singer Guthrie who wrote the children's book "Mooses Come Walking" |
| 49% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Poet who wrote the memoir "Mom & Me & Mom" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ORTON | 5 | Playwright Joe who wrote "What the Butler Saw" |
| 49% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession" |
| 49% | OVID | 4 | Roman poet who wrote the "Metamorphoses" |
| 49% | RUMI | 4 | Persian poet who wrote the “Masnavi” |
| 49% | SERENA | 6 | Williams who wrote "On the Line" |
| 49% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Butler who wrote "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns" |
| 48% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the opening line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 48% | TENNYSON | 8 | Poet who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |