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Quiz about Great Poetry is Timeless
Quiz about Great Poetry is Timeless

Great Poetry is Timeless Trivia Quiz


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!

A multiple-choice quiz by griller. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
griller
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
160,312
Updated
Jun 29 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
979
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Achilles' baneful wrath resound. O Goddesse, that imposd. Infinite sorrowes on the Greekes, and many brave soules losd. From breasts Heroique-sent them farre, to that invisible caave. That no light comforts; and their lims to dogs and vultures gave. To all which Jove's will gaave effect; from whom first strife begunne. Betwixt Atrides, king of men, and Thetis' godlike Sonne." Our first poem is The Iliad. Homer wrote it. Who translated it? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Amazing grace! how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see." John Newton, an evangelical minister, wrote this beautiful poem. What was Newton's line of work before he became a minister? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-it gives a lovely light." The name of this poem is "First Fig". The name of the woman who wrote it is? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Do not go gentle into that good night,old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light." Who wrote this poem? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Under the wide and starry sky dig the grave and let me lie; glad did I live and gladly die. and I laid me down with a will." This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he long'd to be; home is the sailor, home from sea, and the hunter home from the hill." "Requiem" was written by what great poet and author? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." These are the last four lines of a beautiful poem by Robert Frost. Can you tell me the title? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day, the score stood two to four, with but an inning left to play. So, when Cooney died at second, and Burrows did the same, a pallor wreathed the features of the patrons of the game." What is the name of this famous poem written by Ernest Thayer? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe." Lewis Carroll wrote this silly poem. What is its title? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping,suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; only this, and nothing more." Name this famous poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." From what Psalm, found in the King James Version of the Bible, is this quote taken? Hint



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1. "Achilles' baneful wrath resound. O Goddesse, that imposd. Infinite sorrowes on the Greekes, and many brave soules losd. From breasts Heroique-sent them farre, to that invisible caave. That no light comforts; and their lims to dogs and vultures gave. To all which Jove's will gaave effect; from whom first strife begunne. Betwixt Atrides, king of men, and Thetis' godlike Sonne." Our first poem is The Iliad. Homer wrote it. Who translated it?

Answer: George Chapman

This version of Homer's great epic of wounded honor and vengeance was translated into English by Chapman, a contemporary of both Shakespeare and Donne.
2. "Amazing grace! how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see." John Newton, an evangelical minister, wrote this beautiful poem. What was Newton's line of work before he became a minister?

Answer: slave ship captain

Written by the former captain of a slave ship turned evangelical minister, this hymn is sung to a melody that originated with African-American slaves.
3. "My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-it gives a lovely light." The name of this poem is "First Fig". The name of the woman who wrote it is?

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay

This poem is an example of the spirit and energy of Millay. Her work was often filled with the voice of rebellious youth.
4. "Do not go gentle into that good night,old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light." Who wrote this poem?

Answer: Dylan Thomas

Thomas wrote this poem to his terminally ill father.
5. "Under the wide and starry sky dig the grave and let me lie; glad did I live and gladly die. and I laid me down with a will." This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he long'd to be; home is the sailor, home from sea, and the hunter home from the hill." "Requiem" was written by what great poet and author?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

The author of "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde" just to name a few. Stevenson's "Requiem" was used as the epitaph on his own tomb.
6. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." These are the last four lines of a beautiful poem by Robert Frost. Can you tell me the title?

Answer: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Frost was once considered a regional poet, focusing on New England. His poetry, however, shows his keen sense of the human condition.
7. "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day, the score stood two to four, with but an inning left to play. So, when Cooney died at second, and Burrows did the same, a pallor wreathed the features of the patrons of the game." What is the name of this famous poem written by Ernest Thayer?

Answer: Casey at the Bat

Widely considered the greatest sports poem ever written.
8. "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe." Lewis Carroll wrote this silly poem. What is its title?

Answer: Jabberwocky

Originally featured in "Through the Looking Glass." "Jabberwocky" is written in Nonsense Verse, a writing style of which Carroll was a master.
9. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping,suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; only this, and nothing more." Name this famous poem written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Answer: The Raven

One of the most famous poems in American literature, "The Raven" tells a morose tale of lost love.
10. "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." From what Psalm, found in the King James Version of the Bible, is this quote taken?

Answer: Psalm 23

The original Hebrew text of this Psalm is credited to King David. The King James Version of the Old Testament is the most familiar.
Source: Author griller

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