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category Brooke, Rupert category Burns, Robert
category Carroll, Lewis category Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
category cummings, e e category Dickinson, Emily
category Eliot, T. S. category Frost, Robert
category Heaney, Seamus category Jeffers, Robinson
category Kipling, Rudyard category Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
category Milton, John category Paterson, Banjo
category Plath, Sylvia category Poe, Edgar Allan
folder Poetic Quotes (20) folder Poetry Terminology (9, 1 new)
category Pope, Alexander category Rimbaud, Arthur
category Silverstein, Shel category Tennyson, Alfred Lord
folder War Poetry (4) category Yeats, William Butler
Editors: Bruyere, MotherGoose, agony, LeoDaVinci, trident87, LadyCaitriona Quiz Search:
31 From My Favorite Poets...
I've chosen a few lines from some of my favorite poems, and it is your job to match the quote to the poet.
Average
10 Q
shechamellion
Aug 28 05
456 plays
32 Ten Famous Sonnets
Here are ten famous examples of the world's best known and most loved poetic form, the sonnet.
Tough
10 Q
tjoebigham
Jun 07 01
792 plays
33 Books of Poetry
Rather than dealing with individual poems, this quiz asks you to identify the author of certain books of poetry
Average
10 Q
robert362
Feb 04 01
699 plays
34 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
10 Q
marienbart
May 09 02
531 plays
35 Great Poetry is Timeless
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 Q
griller
Dec 20 03
675 plays
36 Great Poets & Poems
You've probably heard of these poems and poets but do you REALLY know them?
Average
10 Q
ssabreman
Apr 17 08
552 plays
37 Name That Poet
Name the poet who penned each of these famous phrases
Tough
20 Q
kalynn
Mar 27 02
540 plays
38 Rhyme in Poetry
This quiz contains a variety of questions focused on one aspect of poetry: rhyme.
Tough
15 Q
skylarb
Feb 02 03
522 plays
39 Poetry Places
Match the poetry place or line that is mentioned with the poet who wrote about it.
Average
10 Q
robert362
Mar 03 02
318 plays
40 Name The Poet
I will give you the name of a poem, you name the poet.
Tough
15 Q
jodan1st
Apr 03 01
1473 plays
41 Haiku
I just learned about a Haiku poem in school.
Average
10 Q
lucymal20
Apr 28 07
291 plays
42 For Poetry Lovers
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 Q
Fiachra
Aug 06 03
459 plays
43 Poets - 10 different ones
I will tell you the name of the poet you just have to identify the poem.
Difficult
10 Q
mnbates
Mar 04 03
303 plays
44 Match British Poet and Poem
I'll supply either the poet or the poem, and you supply the appropriate answer.
Tough
10 Q
ravenskye
Mar 20 01
837 plays
45 They Were Poets and They Knew it.
This series of questions concerns English writers of the nineteenth century. Tragedy and tomfoolery abounds. Have fun and good luck.
Average
10 Q
yowzayowza
Dec 30 05
255 plays
46 People in Poetry
Here's a collection of characters, some real and some fictional, who are named in various famous poems. Name the authors.
Tough
10 Q
robert362
Nov 17 00
540 plays
47 Name the poem
In this quiz, a line from a poem by a very famous poet will be given, along with the name of the poet. All you have to do is guess from the options which poem the line is from. Good luck!
Tough
10 Q
nutter2002
Sep 02 02
447 plays
48 Pure Poetry Too
Medium-to-tough questions for students of poetry. I hope you'll enjoy them!
Difficult
10 Q
carmelique
Jan 15 01
534 plays
49 Modern Male Poets
Modern male poets, a treat to get to know these wonderful poets
Tough
10 Q
gbryananderson
Nov 02 00
408 plays
50 Some Early Romantic Poets
Test your knowledge of that fine group of English poets who graced the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.
Average
10 Q
macbeth51
Jul 01 00
624 plays
51 Poets And Their Works
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!
Tough
10 Q
JCSon
Jun 19 00
1125 plays
52 I Read Some Byron and Shelley and Keats...
Do you know Romantic poetry? Take this to find out...
Average
10 Q
PearlQ19
Mar 29 05
303 plays
53 English Romantic Poets
There can be little doubt that the Romantic Movement was one of the great turning-points in Literary History. This quiz deals with quotes from some of the more popular poems from that period.
Difficult
10 Q
flem-ish
Mar 16 02
426 plays
54 A Poetry Calendar
A series of poet and poetry related questions to take you through the year.
Tough
10 Q
rosc
Jan 28 05
183 plays
55 Poetry and Writers
Multiple choice, about poetry, books, and the writers. Some are easy, and some may be hard.
Average
10 Q
bluenose
Jul 09 01
480 plays
56 Poems of Tribute
These are some poems of tribute to some famous people.(If not actually "tribute", the poems at least include some reference to these people.)
Tough
10 Q
robert362
Mar 01 04
210 plays
57 Tam Lin in Novels
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.
Difficult
10 Q
Sallyo
Apr 30 03
150 plays
58 Lines from Poems (Creatures Great and Small)
Can you identify the poet from the given lines of poems?
Average
10 Q
Cristabel56
Jan 08 06
228 plays
59 Poetry Time
Poetry, anyone?
Difficult
10 Q
robert362
Jun 30 00
582 plays
60 Identify the Poet
Given the first line of a poem, identify the poet who penned the lines.
Average
10 Q
BenjiSim
Aug 18 03
471 plays
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