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Who's That Poet?
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Can you identify these poets from their pictures? To help you, some clues about their life and works have been given as well.
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10 Q
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stedman
Mar 29 12
1953 plays
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You Know More Poetry Than You Think!
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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.
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Average
25 Q
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agony
Mar 02 03
6153 plays
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Carol Ann Duffy's "Selling Manhattan"
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This quiz centres around the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy, and more specifically her second collection of poetry, "Selling Manhattan", which was published in 1987.
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Tough
10 Q
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poshprice
Jul 05 08
159 plays
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Poetic Parodies
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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?
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Average
10 Q
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TabbyTom
Jul 20 05
672 plays
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Who's That Other Poet?
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Since my previous "Who's That Poet?" quiz only took us up to the letter "K", a sequel was surely inevitable. As before, the pictures are supported with clues about their life and works.
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Easy
10 Q
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stedman
May 14 12
1182 plays
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Neoclassical Poetry
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Labels, labels everywhere. Now we explore "neoclassical" poetry, with an emphasis on Pope and Dryden.
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Difficult
25 Q
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skylarb
Feb 21 03
471 plays
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Spring's Eternal Hopes
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Yes, yes, we've all heard Alexander Pope's declaration: "Hope springs eternal in the human breast". However, joy doesn't have to come from breasts: it can spring from spring itself! Here follows a quiz of famous classical poems about spring!
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Average
10 Q
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alaspooryoric
Mar 09 12
246 plays
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William Blake: The Prophet Poet
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Questions are primarily concerned with Blake's poetry, but a few biographical facts are inserted for good measure.
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Difficult
20 Q
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skylarb
Jul 25 03
597 plays
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Are you Averse to Verse?
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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?
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Average
10 Q
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bracklaman
Aug 09 07
936 plays
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Name That Poet In Three Clues!
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How do you love poetry? Let's count the ways and see if you recognize some of the world's greatest poets from a line of their poetry and two other interesting tidbits.
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Average
10 Q
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bottle_rocket
Mar 16 10
822 plays
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The Epic Poem
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The narrative epic poem is one of the first forms of literature throughout the world. See if you can answer 20 questions about this genre.
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Tough
15 Q
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pericles34
Apr 08 09
372 plays
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Desiderata
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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!
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Average
10 Q
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Footsie1
Apr 08 07
381 plays
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Immortal Lines from Classic Poems
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This quiz is about some of the most famous opening/last lines in English poetry over the centuries. Identify the poem from the lines given. You will hopefully go back and read the whole poem after this quiz :)
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Average
10 Q
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srini701
Jun 23 09
951 plays
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The Ten Most Anthologized Poems
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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.
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Tough
10 Q
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chessart
Aug 01 09
636 plays
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Our Favorite Poets
Team quiz by Poetic license
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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.
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10 Q
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maskman22
Mar 16 10
462 plays
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Memorable Poetry Recalled
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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.
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Average
10 Q
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bracklaman
Jul 08 07
1008 plays
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Once Upon A Midnight Dreary
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A commission based on the first line of "The Raven". A review of works based on trochaic octameter. Seriously.
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Difficult
10 Q
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parrotman2006
Feb 18 10
153 plays
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Bad Poetry
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Below are some really terrible poems which I've written. Can you identify whom or what they're supposed to be about?
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Average
10 Q
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Islingtonian
Nov 17 02
3324 plays
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Often Anthologized Oldies
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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.
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Tough
10 Q
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nannywoo
Nov 19 11
201 plays
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William McGonagall -The World's Best Bad Poet?
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To achieve such a standard as to be remembered over a century later as his country's second most famous poet (after Robert Burns), surely demonstrates William McGonagall's achievements in the field of poetic incompetence.
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Tough
10 Q
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xpress
May 02 09
138 plays
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A World of Women Poets
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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!
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Tough
20 Q
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LilahDeDah
Aug 27 04
615 plays
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Sonnets from the Portuguese
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'Sonnets from the Portuguese' is a collection of poems which chronicle the real love story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Written in Victorian times, they are still read and quoted today. This quiz covers the sonnets and the story behind them
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Tough
10 Q
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luckycharm60
Apr 24 09
129 plays
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Metaphysical Poets
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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.)
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Difficult
25 Q
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skylarb
Jan 30 03
630 plays
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Modern Poets and Their Works
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This quiz is designed to test how much you know about modern world poets ... enjoy!
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Difficult
10 Q
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nerthus
Apr 11 00
546 plays
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Are You an Animal for Poetry?
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The following quiz is a menagerie of poems praising everything from a curious cat to a cunning vixen. How many of these animal themed poems can you identify?
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10 Q
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dolano
Jan 16 11
363 plays
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In the Forest of the Night
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Have you ever wanted to be a poet? Why not learn from these best of British?
All questions will be multiple choice.
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Easy
10 Q
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DoveHouse
Jan 10 13
327 plays
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Scorn Not the Sonnet
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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.
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Difficult
15 Q
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skylarb
Mar 02 03
411 plays
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Classic Poems
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Down through the ages some wonderful poems have been written and enjoyed. I hope you enjoy this quiz on them.
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Mommakat
Mar 29 11
324 plays
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"The Nation's Favourite Poems" Name the Author
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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.
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10 Q
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cmt101
Nov 04 07
453 plays
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Lovely Poetry!
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The quotations in this quiz are all connected with love. They come from well-known poems. One song and one hymn crept in but I see these as poems set to music and so have included them.
Do you know what the missing words are from these excerpts?
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Average
10 Q
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Jomarion
Aug 16 10
279 plays
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