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Quiz about Last Lines of Famous Poems
Quiz about Last Lines of Famous Poems

Last Lines of Famous Poems Trivia Quiz


The title pretty much says it all. Try to identify which poem ends with these lines. If you like this, I have a similar quiz consisting of last lines of famous novels. Yeah, I know, I need a new shtick.

A multiple-choice quiz by kmria. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
kmria
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
69,070
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1437
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (3/10), Guest 78 (3/10), Guest 106 (3/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. 'Time held me green and dying; Though I sang in my chains like the sea.' Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.' Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'Fled is that music - Do I wake or sleep?' Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 'Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.' Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 'They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow,; Through Eden took their solitary way.' Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 'Because the Holy Ghost over the bent; World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings' Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,; Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?' Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. 'The firmness makes my circle just,; And makes me end where I begun' Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. 'We die soon' Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'Till human voices wake us, and we drown.' Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 25 2024 : Guest 172: 3/10
Mar 23 2024 : Guest 78: 3/10
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 106: 3/10
Mar 15 2024 : jpsIII: 10/10
Mar 13 2024 : Guest 46: 4/10
Mar 12 2024 : Guest 93: 4/10
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Mar 04 2024 : Guest 68: 6/10
Mar 02 2024 : Guest 174: 10/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'Time held me green and dying; Though I sang in my chains like the sea.'

Answer: 'Fern Hill'

By Dylan Thomas. A rueful reminiscence of childhood.
2. 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.'

Answer: 'Ulysses'

Tennyson anyone? I've read that this was a favorite poem of the Kennedy brothers.
3. 'Fled is that music - Do I wake or sleep?'

Answer: 'Ode to a Nightingale'

By Keats
4. 'Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.'

Answer: 'The World Is Too Much with Us'

Wordsworth's ode to Paganism.
5. 'They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow,; Through Eden took their solitary way.'

Answer: 'Paradise Lost'

Now you know how it ends.
6. 'Because the Holy Ghost over the bent; World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings'

Answer: 'God's Grandeur'

By G M Hopkins. A great poem about Man destroying Nature and God renewing it.
7. 'And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,; Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?'

Answer: 'The Second Coming'

By Yeats. This poem has provided the title for works by artists as diverse and Joan Didion and The Roots, among others
8. 'The firmness makes my circle just,; And makes me end where I begun'

Answer: 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning'

Rave on John Donne.
9. 'We die soon'

Answer: 'We Real Cool'

By Chicago's own Gwendolyn Brooks
10. 'Till human voices wake us, and we drown.'

Answer: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'

A fascinating poem by T S Eliot
Source: Author kmria

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