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Brooke, Rupert	Burns, Robert
Carroll, Lewis	Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
cummings, e e	Dickinson, Emily
Eliot, T. S.	Frost, Robert
Jeffers, Robinson	Kipling, Rudyard
Milton, John	Paterson, Banjo
Plath, Sylvia	Poe, Edgar Allan
Poetic Quotes (18)	Poetry Terminology (8)
Pope, Alexander	Rimbaud, Arthur
Silverstein, Shel	Tennyson, Alfred Lord
War Poetry (4)	Yeats, William Butler

Editors: Bruyere, MotherGoose, agony, LeoDaVinci, trident87

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Great Poets & Poems icon

You've probably heard of these poems and poets but do you REALLY know them?

Average

10Q

459 plays

Apr 17 08

ssabreman

Symbolism in Sufi Poetry icon

Most Sufi poetry has two meanings, using earthly terminology to symbolize divinity. My main reference for this quiz was Peter Lamborn Wilson, especially the foreword to "The Drunken Universe".

Difficult

10Q

96 plays

Sep 16 07

kordo_vos

The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet icon

Important "key facts", characters from the poem, and quotes which inspired "Romeo and Juliet."

Difficult

10Q

141 plays

Dec 04 05

slayergurl88

Tam Lin in Novels icon

The traditional Scottish ballad of "Tam Lin" has been used quite often as a basis or theme for a novel. The following quiz talks about some of the books, their characters and events.

Tough

10Q

111 plays

Apr 30 03

Sallyo

Poetic Parodies cool

Verse parody in English is as least as old as Chaucer, but this quiz deals with the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Can you identify the poets who are the authors or targets of ten parodies?

Average

10Q

270 plays

Jul 20 05

TabbyTom

Are you Averse to Verse? cool

I give you the first of two lines of verse from some classic poems of English Literature and you finish the couplet for me. What could be easier?

Average

10Q

378 plays

Aug 09 07

bracklaman

You Know More Poetry Than You Think! cool

Just as we all know a little classical music from watching old Bugs Bunny cartoons, everyone has picked up bits and tag ends of poetry. Just complete the line.

Average

25Q

3378 plays

Mar 02 03

agony

Memorable Poetry Recalled cool

This quiz is about poems I have loved and lived with since I was a child. I delight in sharing them with you now. So, I give you some first lines of some memorable poems and a clue or two and you tell me the poet.

Average

10Q

483 plays

Jul 08 07

bracklaman

Desiderata cool

This wonderful prose poem, "Desiderata" (Latin for "desired things"), copyrighted in 1927 by Max Ehrmann, is about attaining happiness in life. I adopted "Desiderata" as my credo as a teen in the early 1970s. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Average

10Q

219 plays

Apr 08 07

Footsie1

A World of Women Poets cool

Her name, birth country, birth year, the title of (or a line from) one of her poems. I'll give you three (I'm generous like that) and you pick the fourth. The real objective is to learn more about these well-versed women. For the poetry-obsessed only!

Tough

20Q

435 plays

Aug 27 04

LilahDeDah

Discover a Golden Treasury of Poetry cool

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

10Q

291 plays

Apr 08 07

bracklaman

Bad Poetry icon

Below are some really terrible poems which I've written. Can you identify whom or what they're supposed to be about?

Average

10Q

2484 plays

Nov 17 02

Islingtonian

Neoclassical Poetry icon

Labels, labels everywhere. Now we explore ?neoclassical? poetry, with an emphasis on Pope and Dryden.

Difficult

25Q

276 plays

Feb 21 03

skylarb

"The Nation's Favourite Poems" Name the Author icon

All poems are taken from the BBC's book: "The Nation's Favourite Poems." I will give you two lines from each poem and ask you to pick the author.

Average

10Q

222 plays

Nov 04 07

cmt101

Metaphysical Poets icon

Questions about the great metaphysical poets and their verses, with emphasis on Donne and Herbert. (Note: odd spellings in quotes are the poets' original spellings.)

Difficult

25Q

417 plays

Jan 30 03

skylarb

Lines from Poems (Flowers and Trees) icon

The poetic lines quoted contain references to flowers, fruits or trees. Can you identify the poet?

Tough

10Q

276 plays

May 15 04

cristabel56

Poet's Potpourri icon

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!

Tough

10Q

237 plays

Jan 27 08

Soozy_Woozy

William Blake: The Prophet Poet icon

Questions are primarily concerned with Blake's poetry, but a few biographical facts are inserted for good measure.

Difficult

20Q

321 plays

Jul 25 03

skylarb

"Mending Wall" icon

Like many of Robert Frost's poems, "Mending Wall" uses a rural New England setting to explore metaphysical issues while evoking a sense of the timeless immediacy of the moments he describes. And there are familiar quotes!

Tough

10Q

165 plays

Mar 01 08

looney_tunes

Tonight We Dream In Poems icon

Whoa. What a curious dream. I'm sitting in this unfamiliar, grand dining room with settings for 12. In walk ten individuals, some I recognize and some I don't. They begin to talk in verse. I take a seat and invite you to join me...

Average

10Q

264 plays

Aug 03 05

themats

W. B. throws a party icon

Brrrr! W.B., I do wish you would not hold soirees in this drafty tower. How many of W.B. Yeats distinguished literary guests do you recognise? You need to really know your poets for this quiz. Enjoy.

Difficult

10Q

285 plays

Sep 09 03

Fiachra

Modern Poets and Their Works icon

This quiz is designed to test how much you know about modern world poets ... enjoy!

Difficult

10Q

432 plays

Apr 11 00

nerthus

Name the Poet From the Line icon

Name the poet from the line. There is of course a catch. I have put the poem in the words of famous actors and you know they have a tendenacy to adlib.

Difficult

10Q

1086 plays

Aug 14 02

professorjon

Books of Poetry icon

Rather than dealing with individual poems, this quiz asks you to identify the author of certain books of poetry

Average

10Q

639 plays

Feb 04 01

robert362

Name That Romantic Poem icon

Match these excerpts from famous poems to their authors or titles. All of the selected poems are by British authors, and were written during the Romantic period.

Average

15Q

477 plays

Aug 24 03

chicknator

Ten Famous Sonnets icon

Here are ten famous examples of the world's best known and most loved poetic form, the sonnet.

Tough

10Q

714 plays

Jun 07 01

tjoebigham

16th - 18th Century British Poetry

Identify the poet from either the lines or title provided.

Average

10Q

561 plays

Mar 27 02

RavenHex

20th Century English Poetry

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.

Tough

10Q

468 plays

May 09 02

marienbart

Scorn Not the Sonnet icon

In honor of one of poetry?s most popular forms, this quiz covers a wide variety of poets who have seen fit to seize the sonnet.

Tough

15Q

300 plays

Mar 02 03

skylarb

Famous Poems icon

This is a poem for all those who love poetry. I will give you the name of a famous poem, and you choose the poet who wrote it!

Average

20Q

1197 plays

Jul 29 02

sapient

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Some sample questions from this category:

* Who wrote the poem 'I'm Nobody'?
* Who wrote the poem 'The Phoenix and the Turtle'?
* Which of the following poets used the legend of Diogenes in his poem 'The Haw Lantern'?
* Which of the following Australian poets reverted to her native name , Oodgeroo Noonuccal?
* Which of the following men was known not only for his poetic works such as 'Roma 1950, Diario' and 'Nuovi Argomenti', but also for his involvement with the film world as a director?
* Which of the following poets (renowned for his poems, 'Sunstone' and 'The Labyrinth of Solitude') has not only served as an ambassador of his country to India but also won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
* Which of the following poets from the Caribbean has won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
* Who was the exiled Russian who was the author of the essays 'On Grief and Reason' as well as a poet who has written major works such as 'So Forth', 'To Urania'?
* Co-founder of a literary group called 'Zagary', this poet once worked for the underground presses in Warsaw, and has published major works such as 'Hymn of The Pearl', 'The Rising of the Sun', and 'La Belle Epoque'?
* Which of the following women poets of China participated in the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty?
* Which South American poet shared the International Publishers prize with Samuel Beckett in 1961 and later, called his stories in 'The Book of Sand' , a blind man's exercises?
* Which of the following poems was NOT written by Sylvia Plath?
* Fill in the blank. 'Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally _____ '
* In Rod McKuen's 'Folk Song For Judy', what did Judy do with the cherry seed?
* Who is the first doctor to enter the room in 'Wayman in Love' by Tom Wayman?
* In 'What's That Smell in The Kitchen' what did the narrator say she was?
* Which of the following is NOT the title of a novel written by a poet?
* In 'Daddy' what did the father have a love of?
* What body parts did the girl cut off in the poem 'Barbie Doll'?
* This isn't really about a poem, but about the children of a poet. What are the names of the children that Sylvia Plath left behind?

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