Hannah had no idea who the chick was in the portrait. Atleast the professor realized that not everybody knows about the muggle world. Hannah was on of those people. She wasn't too sure about wizarding poet's either truth be told.

She tried to think hard about what she had heard other students talk about because she was drawing a complete blank. This something finally rand a bell. With a raised hand she responded with "Professor there's Edith Nesbit. He was a children's author." She had no idea who this person was and hoped that the professor didn't ask her. She merely heard some firsties talking about some book by that name.