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Are You Feeling 'Romantic'? Trivia Quiz


I'll give you two lines of poetry for each question; simply identify the poet: eight are straightforward, plus a couple of 'testers'. All poems were written in the Romantic era (late 18th or early 19th centuries), good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by Mutchisman. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Mutchisman
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
243,221
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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1252
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which Romantic poet wrote these enigmatic lines;
"She dwelt among the untrodden ways,
Beside the springs of Dove."?
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Question 2 of 10
2. "A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:".
Who wrote this dreamy poem?
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Question 3 of 10
3. Which later Romantic poet wrote these famous lines;
"My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My soul, as though of hemlock I had drunk."?
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Question 4 of 10
4. Which tempestuous poet wrote this;
"She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies."?
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Question 5 of 10
5. "'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings
Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair!'"
This poem was written by which tragic figure?
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Question 6 of 10
6. "O young Lochinvar is come out of the West,
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best."
Which Romantic writer wrote these opening lines?
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Question 7 of 10
7. Which famous poet composed this ode;
"Fair fa' your honest sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!"?
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Question 8 of 10
8. Who wrote these famous lines;
"What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"?
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Question 9 of 10
9. "The mountain sheep are sweeter,
But the valley sheep are fatter."
These lines are from a poem by which lesser-known poet?
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Question 10 of 10
10. "'You are old Father William', the young man cried,
'The few locks which are left you are grey;'"
Look carefully and decide who wrote these opening lines?
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1. Which Romantic poet wrote these enigmatic lines; "She dwelt among the untrodden ways, Beside the springs of Dove."?

Answer: Wordsworth

From one of the 'Lucy' poems in the later edition of "Lyrical Ballads", published in 1800.
Scholars have long debated the true identity of Lucy but most tend to believe her to be Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy.
2. "A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw:". Who wrote this dreamy poem?

Answer: Coleridge

From "Kubla Khan" published 1816.
One of Coleridge's best-known and best-loved poems, it relates to one of his opium-fuelled dreams.
The first edition of "Lyrical Ballads" was written jointly by Coleridge and Wordsworth and published in 1798, it is regarded as the first true work of the Romantic era.
3. Which later Romantic poet wrote these famous lines; "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My soul, as though of hemlock I had drunk."?

Answer: Keats

From "Ode to a Nightingale" published 1819.
Keats was part of the 'second wave' of Romantic poets along with Shelley and Byron; they were frequently critical of the earlier poets especially Wordsworth and Southey.
4. Which tempestuous poet wrote this; "She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies."?

Answer: Byron

From "She Walks in Beauty" published 1815.
"Mad, bad and dangerous to know!" was Lady Caroline Lamb's famous assessment of Lord Byron. However dubious his personal morals may have been, he was undoubtedly sincere in his quest to help the Greeks overthrow Turkish rule. It was in Greece he died, though not in battle but of a fever.
5. "'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair!'" This poem was written by which tragic figure?

Answer: Shelley

From "Ozymandias" published 1817.
Percy Shelley was one of the true rebels of the Romantic era: he was an advocate of atheism, open-marriages and other radical ideas which brought him into conflict with the establishment. He was great friends with both Keats and Byron. He drowned at the young age of 29 when his boat sank returning from a visit to Byron.
6. "O young Lochinvar is come out of the West, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best." Which Romantic writer wrote these opening lines?

Answer: Scott

From "Lochinvar" published 1808.
Sir Walter Scott is better known for his stirring historical novels, such as "Ivanhoe" and "Heart of Midlothian", than for his poetry. However he did produce several poems, of which "Lochinvar" is one of the best known.
7. Which famous poet composed this ode; "Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!"?

Answer: Burns

From "Address to a Haggis" published 1786.
'Rabbie' Burns is Scotland's most celebrated poet (never turn down an invite to a 'Burns Night' celebration!) and achieved the difficult task of being a popular exciseman!
8. Who wrote these famous lines; "What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"?

Answer: Blake

From "The Tyger" published 1794.
William Blake's poems include "Jerusalem" and "O Rose Thou Art Sick"; he received no formal education as a child and was originally apprenticed as an engraver. His works were not appreciated by the later Romantics but, perhaps not surprisingly, Wordsworth supported him: "There is something in the madness of this man (Blake), which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron."
9. "The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter." These lines are from a poem by which lesser-known poet?

Answer: Peacock

From "War Song of the Dinas Vawr" published 1823.
Thomas Love Peacock was friendly, or at least acquainted, with many of the Romantic poets, but he loved to poke gentle fun at them! His mock-gothic novel "Nightmare Abbey" parodies all of the major players and is an extremely entertaining read.
10. "'You are old Father William', the young man cried, 'The few locks which are left you are grey;'" Look carefully and decide who wrote these opening lines?

Answer: Southey

From "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" published 1799.
Many of you will be more familiar with Lewis Carroll's version of this: a good example of a parody becoming better known than the original.
Southey was great friends with Wordsworth and Coleridge but was heavily criticised by the later Romantics, especially Byron who was particularly vitriolic when Southey accepted the position of Poet Laureate.
Source: Author Mutchisman

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