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You will find links to the most well known poets here. This category also contains a large number of mixed poetry quizzes, where you can test your knowledge of everything poetic.
160 Poetry quizzes and 2,240 Poetry trivia questions.
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  Poetry Potpourri   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much poetry do you really know? This quiz covers a mixture of poetry from British and American poets.
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Dec 20 21
Easier
rossian editor
Dec 20 21
690 plays
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  Poetry in Motion    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Pick the poet or the poem.
Easier, 10 Qns, nyirene330, Mar 02 15
Easier
nyirene330
721 plays
3.
  American Poems and Poets You Should Know    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on American poems and poets. The questions will bring together some well known verse with some not as well known poets and also some well known poets with some lesser known poems. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, sanremo, Oct 04 14
Average
sanremo
806 plays
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  Our Favorite Poets   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Fun Trivia team Poetic License has taken upon itself to write a team quiz. Since our name is Poetic License due to our liberal massacre of the English language, we have opted to do our quiz on our favorite individual poets. Good luck and have fun.
Average, 10 Qns, maskman22, Jan 26 17
Average
maskman22
1865 plays
5.
  In the Forests of the Night   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Have you ever wanted to be a poet? Why not learn from these best of British? All questions will be multiple choice.
Easier, 10 Qns, DoveHouse, May 14 20
Easier
DoveHouse gold member
May 14 20
989 plays
6.
  The Ten Most Anthologized Poems   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
William Harmon edited a book entitled "The Top 500 Poems", which contains all the top 500 English-language poems, as determined by how frequently each poem has been anthologized. Here are questions about the top ten of those 500 poems.
Average, 10 Qns, chessart, Aug 01 09
Average
chessart gold member
2238 plays
7.
  A Perfect Hour    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some consider a perfect hour one that is spent reading poetry and learning about poets You may find some of your favorites in this quiz.
Easier, 10 Qns, mpkitty, Feb 16 24
Easier
mpkitty
Feb 16 24
370 plays
8.
  Often Anthologized Oldies   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Remember the "Introduction to Literature" anthology from your high school or college days? While new poems are added with each new edition, some appear over and over. These perennials may sound familiar.
Average, 10 Qns, nannywoo, Nov 19 11
Average
nannywoo gold member
768 plays
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  Poet's Potpourri    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Poetry has been around since before Christ and it is used by poets to express emotions, life experiences and events. Can you guess the name of the poems by the lines I give you? Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Soozy_Woozy, Jan 31 14
Average
Soozy_Woozy
675 plays
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  Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is Quiz Number 10 of a series based on my teammates' names. They volunteered to be my guinea pigs. I volunteered to "experiment" on them! (Bwaa-haa-haaa!) Hope you enjoy this series!
Average, 10 Qns, logcrawler, Dec 25 16
Average
logcrawler gold member
549 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Let us end with a light hearted question. Who, according to T.S. Eliot, measured "out my life in coffee spoons"?

From Quiz "For Poetry Lovers"




11.
  Poetry...here, there, everywhere    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
See if you can answer the questions about these random snatches of poetry.
Average, 10 Qns, Craterus, Sep 27 18
Average
Craterus
Sep 27 18
399 plays
12.
  Discover a Golden Treasury of Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My grandchildren are starting to enjoy poetry so I reflected on what lines of poesy had charmed me in my formative years. I took the battered copy of my much loved "Palgrave's Golden Treasury", leafed through and rediscovered these gems.
Tough, 10 Qns, bracklaman, Apr 08 07
Tough
bracklaman
571 plays
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  Great Poetry is Timeless    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing better than getting lost in a great book of poetry. This quiz contains some classic poems by classic poets. Hope you enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, griller, Jun 29 23
Average
griller gold member
Jun 29 23
978 plays
14.
  Great Poets & Poems    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You've probably heard of these poems and poets but do you REALLY know them?
Average, 10 Qns, ssabreman, Apr 18 08
Average
ssabreman gold member
843 plays
15.
  Write Me a Poem, Baby    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about poetry. It doesn't have a theme, it's just about poetry and things related to poetry that I have found to be interesting.
Tough, 10 Qns, daver852, Jul 27 20
Tough
daver852 gold member
Jul 27 20
288 plays
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  Contemporary American Poets and Their Verse    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know contemporary American poetry?
Average, 10 Qns, iloveyanira, Dec 28 09
Average
iloveyanira
283 plays
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  20th Century English Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All questions deal with the 20th century and with literature that was created on the British Isles (including Ireland). I hope you'll enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, marienbart, Jun 14 20
Average
marienbart
Jun 14 20
795 plays
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  For Poetry Lovers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to our poetry readings. Please take your seats, relax and enjoy a revisit to some of the finest moments in English literature. Are you ready? Then let us begin.
Tough, 10 Qns, Fiachra, May 15 19
Tough
Fiachra
May 15 19
658 plays
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  Classic Poems    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Down through the ages some wonderful poems have been written and enjoyed. I hope you enjoy this quiz on them.
Average, 10 Qns, Mommakat, Aug 15 13
Average
Mommakat gold member
852 plays
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  A Little Something About Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Just a few questions about some poetry.
Average, 10 Qns, pennie1478, May 20 18
Average
pennie1478 gold member
May 20 18
470 plays
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  A Poetry Calendar    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A series of poet and poetry related questions to take you through the year.
Tough, 10 Qns, rosc, Jan 28 05
Tough
rosc
322 plays
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  Poets And Their Works    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about poets and their works. I'll give the poet and you name the work or vice versa. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, JCSon, Jun 26 00
Average
JCSon gold member
1760 plays
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  Poets - 10 different ones    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will tell you the name of the poet you just have to identify the poem.
Tough, 10 Qns, mnbates, Dec 16 11
Tough
mnbates
501 plays
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  Poetry and Writers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Multiple choice, about poetry, books, and the writers. Some are easy, and some may be hard.
Average, 10 Qns, bluenose, Mar 09 18
Average
bluenose
Mar 09 18
764 plays
25.
  The Anxiety of Influence    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Poetry on poets.
Tough, 10 Qns, rachellis, Jun 28 12
Tough
rachellis
415 plays
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  Pure Poetry Too    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Medium-to-tough questions for students of poetry. I hope you'll enjoy them!
Difficult, 10 Qns, carmelique, Apr 10 11
Difficult
carmelique
656 plays
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  My Favorite Poems!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about some of my favorite poets and interesting little tidbits about them. See how well you do. Come on. I dare you!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Ressas, Feb 23 20
Difficult
Ressas
Feb 23 20
597 plays
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  Poets and Poems    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A quick quiz to see how well you recognise lines from famous poems, the work of well known poets, and various tidbits of poet related trivia.
Tough, 20 Qns, molotov, Feb 16 24
Tough
molotov
Feb 16 24
851 plays
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  Picky Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a whirlwind tour of poetry. Put on your Poetry caps and be prepared for some tough questions.
Tough, 10 Qns, Yehuda101, Jan 01 20
Tough
Yehuda101
Jan 01 20
288 plays
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  Poetry Time    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Poetry, anyone?
Difficult, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 20 11
Difficult
robert362
797 plays
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  Popular Poetry Potpourri    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A fun collection of trivia from poetry that is far from trivial!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, chimerae, Nov 07 03
Very Difficult
chimerae
394 plays
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  Easy Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz for people who have some knowledge of poetry.
Tough, 10 Qns, pjchik, Nov 21 10
Tough
pjchik
841 plays
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Poetry Trivia Questions

1. W.B Yeats wrote "A shudder in the loins engenders there the broken wall, the burning roof and tower and Agamemnon dead." Name the poem.

From Quiz
Poetry...here, there, everywhere

Answer: Leda and the Swan

"Leda and the Swan" uses the mythological theme of the Rape of Leda by Zeus, disguised as a swan. As a result, Leda gave birth to Helen of Sparta and thus set off the chain of events that would lead to the Trojan War, the destruction of Troy and the murder of the returning Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra.

2. The opening lines from this poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox are very well known: "Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep and you weep alone". What is the title of this poem?

From Quiz American Poems and Poets You Should Know

Answer: Solitude

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) wrote this poem after riding on a train in a car with a woman in mourning for her dead husband. She spent the time on the train trying to comfort the woman. Wilcox was headed for an inaugural ball at the time but was so depressed after her time on the train, she could hardly manage to attend the festivities. After arriving at her destination she wrote the opening lines of the poem that would become "Solitude". "Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone, For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own." When she later completed the poem, she sent it into the "New York Sun" where it was published in 1883. She received five dollars for the work.

3. '_____,_____ burning bright, In the forests of the night.' What animal is missing from William Blake's signature poem?

From Quiz In the Forests of the Night

Answer: Tiger

This excerpt comes from the poem 'The Tiger,' or as it was originally entitled 'The Tyger'. Blake was a Romantic poet of the 18th and 19th century. 'The Tyger' was published in 1794 as part of a collection of poems entitled 'Songs of Experience'. It remains his best known piece of poetry and one of the most famous pieces of British poetry.

4. What often-anthologized poem by James Wright has an unusual title and ends with the ambiguous line "I have wasted my life"?

From Quiz Often Anthologized Oldies

Answer: "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota"

James Wright's poem is unusual for its long title, ambiguous ending, and ironic images, including the unforgettable "droppings of last year's horses." All frequently appearing in literature anthologies, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was written by T.S. Eliot, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas, and "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke.

5. Banjo Paterson was one of Australia's most famous poets. In which of his poems was there a character named Maginnis Magee?

From Quiz Classic Poems

Answer: A Bush Christening

"A Bush Christening" told the story of an outback family and the visit of an itinerant preacher who was called upon to christen the son of the family, and the hilarious results of his endeavours.

6. What poet used his own poem "Requiem" for the epitaph on his gravestone?

From Quiz A Little Something About Poetry

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, "Requiem" is used as the epitaph for his gravestone. Stevenson wrote "Requiem" fourteen years before his death.

7. "She walks in beauty like the night, Of cloudless climes and starry skies." This poet's torrid affairs eventually made him an outcast in British society. Who was he?

From Quiz Our Favorite Poets

Answer: Lord Byron

"She Walks in Beauty" was written in 1814; there is academic argument as to whom this English bard actually dedicated this short, yet romantic poem. Lord Byron gained fame and adoration for his great works of poetry, yet society eventually shunned him after it could no longer tolerate his excesses with alcohol and women. His most famous liaisons were with the Lady Caroline Lamb and a supposed incestuous affair with his half sister Augusta. Byron died in self exile at the age of 36 in 1824. This question was submitted by Poetic License team member Jennywren53.

8. Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis in 1928, this author and poet, among other professions, is most famous for her deliverance of her poem "On the Pulse of the Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration.

From Quiz Contemporary American Poets and Their Verse

Answer: Maya Angelou

While born in the same era as Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath committed suicide in 1963. Emily Dickinson lived between 1830-1886. Amy Lowell lived from 1874-1925.

9. At number ten is a poem entitled "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time". This was written by an Englishman who died in 1674 at the age of 83. Who was this poet?

From Quiz The Ten Most Anthologized Poems

Answer: Robert Herrick

Herrick's poem starts "Gather you rose-buds while ye may"; today we might say, "Make hay while the sun shines", or "You only go around once". Herrick also wrote the number fourteen poem, called "Upon Julia's Clothes".

10. Who wrote the poem, "If~", about good fatherly advice?

From Quiz Great Poets & Poems

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

"If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!" --Rudyard Kipling

11. Which poem did the English poet William Blake write, that contained the following lines? "And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet?"

From Quiz Poet's Potpourri

Answer: The Tyger

William Blake was born in London, England, on November 28, 1757 and died on August 12, 1827. He was a romantic poet, painter, printmaker and engraver who married but had no children. In this poem William Blake expresses the great wonder of Nature: that God who made the gentle lamb made also the awful tiger. The poem is as follows: "Tyger, tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night! What immortal hand or eye Could frame they fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire- What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when they heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet? What the hammer, what the chain, In what furnace was thy brain? Did God smile his work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee?"

12. For which lyrical poem in 'Palgrave's Golden Treasury' is this the opening line and, by the way, who was the poet? "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!"

From Quiz Discover a Golden Treasury of Poetry

Answer: P.B. Shelley's "To a Skylark"

The editor of the anthology from which these questions are taken was Francis Palgrave (1824-97) he became professor of poetry (1885-95) at Oxford University. A long time friend of Lord Tennyson he is probably best remembered as the editor of the famous anthology, "The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language" which was published in 1861. The really good news for the 21st century student is that the whole anthology is now on-line at http://www.bartleby.com/106/index3.html Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792 into a very privileged background but his personal idealism and high intellectual ability saw him bullied and abused in the public schools he attended. He met even more radical ideas when he went up to Oxford and was expelled for refusing to acknowledge or deny authorship of a pamphlet entitled "The Necessity of Atheism". His life is worth some study and I commend both his poetry and personal history of being worthy of further study if you want to consider how radicalism is not necessarily the sole province of the underprivileged.

13. On January 4th 1965, T.S. Eliot died. Which Renaissance artist is discussed by women in his poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'?

From Quiz A Poetry Calendar

Answer: Michelangelo

'In the room the women come and go, talking of Michelangelo.' T.S. Eliot's work was very diverse ranging from 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men' through to 'Macavity the Mystery Cat' and 'The Journey of the Magi'.

14. According to Greek legend and the poem by Tennyson, who gifted Tithonus with immortality?

From Quiz Popular Poetry Potpourri

Answer: Aurora

In Tennyson's "Tithonus," the goddess Aurora obtains the gift of immortality from Zeus and grants it to Tithonus. However, Tithonus has forgotten to ask for eternal youth; therefore he is entrapped in an endless cycle of aging.

15. "O Woman! In our hours of ease Uncertain, coy and hard to please." Which poem by Sir Walter Scott are these lines from?

From Quiz Poets - 10 different ones

Answer: Marmion

Later in 'Marmion' he does write, "When pain and anguish wring the brow, a ministering angel thou!"

16. This poet wrote 'The Poison Tree,' 'The Lamb,' and 'Tyger.' Who is it?

From Quiz Easy Poetry

Answer: Blake

When Blake was young, he used to see visions outside of his window. He also illustrated 'Songs of Experience' and 'Songs of Innocence.'

17. Who wrote the 'Journey of The Magi'?

From Quiz Poetry and Writers

Answer: T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot went to Harvard, Oxford, and the Sorbonne.

18. NAME THE POET: 'next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims and so forth oh'

From Quiz Poets and Poems

Answer: e.e.cummings

Opening Lines of e.e. cummings' sonnet of the same name.

19. How many lines will you find in a sestina?

From Quiz Pure Poetry Too

Answer: 39

20. 'Each man kills the thing he loves' comes from a poem by

From Quiz Poetry Time

Answer: Oscar Wilde

The line comes from the 'Ballad of Reading Gaol'

21. Who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?

From Quiz Poets And Their Works

Answer: Walt Whitman

22. Who did Rudyard Kipling describe as being 'a better man than I am'?

From Quiz Poetry Potpourri

Answer: Gunga Din

Kipling was born in India, in 1865, and took inspiration from the country in much of his work. The poem about Gunga Din, a water carrier who tended to wounded British soldiers, is told from the viewpoint of one such soldier, whose life is saved by the Indian. The soldier expresses his regrets for his poor treatment of Gunga Din, who has been killed while carrying out his duties, with the poem's last line recognising that the Indian proved himself the better man. Mowgli is from 'The Jungle Book', Kim from the 1901 novel of the same name and Jack is from the poem 'My Boy Jack', a victim of World War I - all from works by Kipling.

23. Who wrote these lines? "That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon the boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang."

From Quiz Poetry...here, there, everywhere

Answer: William Shakespeare

It is from Sonnett 73 and is a metaphor for the end of life and, as the sonnet moves forward, approaching death, as described by one dear friend to another.

24. Who wrote the wonderful self-celebratory poems "Phenomenal Woman" and "Still I Rise", as well as the 1969 autobiography titled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

From Quiz Poetry in Motion

Answer: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928. In 1971 she published the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die". In 1993 she wrote and performed "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's inaugural ceremony, the first inaugural recitation since Robert Frost read his poem "The Gift Outright" for President Kennedy in 1961. Her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by a black woman. President Obama called her "a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman". The world was greatly diminished by her death in 2014.

25. What is thought to be the world's oldest poem (or at least one of them), "The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor," can be traced back to which ancient civilization?

From Quiz Write Me a Poem, Baby

Answer: Egypt

"The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor" has been dated to about 2000 BC. It is much older than the Sumerian epic "Gilgamesh." It is about a sailor who is cast up on an island after his ship sinks. He meets a god in the form of a serpent who gives him many gifts, and promises him he will be saved. He eventually returns to Egypt and presents the gifts to the pharaoh, who rewards him. The poem was copied down by a scribe named Imen-Ah, Son of Imeny, but its author is unknown.

26. Poet James Henry Leigh Hunt wrote a short poem about a woman called Jenny. In the poem, Jenny did something surprising when they met. What did Jenny do?

From Quiz A Perfect Hour

Answer: Kissed Me

"Jenny Kissed Me" is a well known and loved poem by Leigh Hunt, a 19th Century (1784-1859) poet, essayist and publisher. This poem has brought enjoyment to many readers for many years because of its sweet message and ease of commitment to memory - it just sticks with you. There are two stories of the origination of the poem, both about Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher, Thomas Carlyle's wife, Jane (Jenny). Hunt and his family lived next door to the Carlyles, and the families were very close. The first story is that Jane kissed Hunt when he brought good news to their door. The second story is most believed: Hunt was ill for quite a while, and when he recovered and came to the Carlyle door, Jane was so glad to see him, she jumped up and kissed him. Later Jane received a message from Hunt, containing this poem. "Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list. put that in. Say I'm weary, say I'm sad Say that health and wealth have missed me Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me."

27. 'Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me," cried ___ ____ __ _______' What phrase finishes this well known poem by Tennyson?

From Quiz In the Forests of the Night

Answer: The Lady Of Shalott

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was one of England's greatest Romantic poets and a favourite of Queen Victoria, being Poet Laureate throughout much of her reign. 'The Lady of Shalott' is one of his best known works, published in his second anthology, in 1833. Other noted poems of Tennyson include: 'In Memoriam', 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'Maud'.

28. The passionate poem "Wild Nights--Wild Nights" was written by an often-anthologized writer who lived a quiet, reclusive life in Amherst, Massachusetts, in the 19th Century. Who was this poet who often used dashes as punctuation?

From Quiz Often Anthologized Oldies

Answer: Emily Dickinson

Only a few of Emily Dickinson's almost 2,000 poems were published during her lifetime. The passion of this poem contrasts with her reputation as a recluse.

29. What is missing from this line in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard": 'The ______ tolls the knell of parting day'?

From Quiz A Little Something About Poetry

Answer: curfew

Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard" is one of the most widely quoted of all English poems. The poem referred to bodies buried in a church cemetery and contained thirty-two stanzas including the epitaph. Gray completed the poem in 1751, but it has been revised at least five times since it was first completed.

30. Which poetic device is this Edgar Allan Poe line an example of? "And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain".

From Quiz Our Favorite Poets

Answer: Alliteration

The quote is from Edgar Allan Poe's classic, "The Raven". Alliteration is the repetition of one sound -- often for emotional effect; in this case, Poe uses the sibilant sound to evoke the sound of rustling curtains. This question was submitted by Poetic License team member Sretlaw.

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