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If you know your sonnets from your terza rimas, this may be the category for you.
15 Poetry Terminology quizzes and 180 Poetry Terminology trivia questions.
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  Dancing in the Dark editor best quiz   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Identifying Poetic Devices
The title of this quiz is just one example of the many devices employed in writing poetry. Test your knowledge of these devices, whose use is not limited to a literary context!
Tough, 10 Qns, LadyNym, Mar 09 23
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Tough
LadyNym gold member
Mar 09 23
91 plays
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  The Poetic Stylings of Poems Themselves editor best quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Poetry is a wonderful art, and poems can be free, or very structured. I'll give you part of a poem I've written; you choose the closing line, based on the poem's style.
Average, 10 Qns, Tchochkekop, Jan 07 21
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Tchochkekop
Jan 07 21
2130 plays
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  A Poetic Alphabet   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
An abecedarian poem is one where verses begin with successive letters of the alphabet. Try this loosely abecedarian quiz on poetic terms.
Average, 25 Qns, Catamount, May 04 07
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Catamount
1998 plays
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  Rhyme in Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz contains a variety of questions focused on one aspect of poetry: rhyme.
Average, 15 Qns, skylarb, Jun 30 20
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skylarb
Jun 30 20
2831 plays
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  Poetry Terms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What sets poetry apart from prose? In this quiz you will test your knowledge about the distinctive set of terms that gives poetry its literary uniqueness.
Average, 10 Qns, 57wordsmith, Apr 04 23
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57wordsmith
Apr 04 23
3151 plays
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  Poetic Devices    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
After each line, tell which poetic device is being used.
Average, 20 Qns, valrenee, Feb 20 23
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valrenee
Feb 20 23
5125 plays
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  English Sonnet Basics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How fare you in depths of sonnet matters?
Average, 10 Qns, shs05, Oct 13 20
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shs05
Oct 13 20
386 plays
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  Forms of Poetry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you a definition of a form of poetry, and you must choose which form it is from the choices given.
Average, 10 Qns, Buzby, Jan 21 23
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Buzby
Jan 21 23
1167 plays
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  Poetry Terminologies and Types    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is not about famous poets or poems, but about (as the Quiz Title suggests) Poetry Terminologies and Types. An easy quiz that all should enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, Eema-U, Sep 21 22
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Eema-U
Sep 21 22
1223 plays
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  To What End?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All these questions about poetry have something to do with the end of a poetic form or a line of poetry.
Average, 10 Qns, littlepup, Dec 06 14
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littlepup
266 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What character would you expect to find in a bucolic poem?

From Quiz "A Poetic Alphabet"




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  Haiku    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I just learned about a Haiku poem in school.
Average, 10 Qns, lucymal20, Dec 23 16
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lucymal20
Dec 23 16
678 plays
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  The Ultimate Poetic Forms Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sometimes there seem to be almost as many poetic forms as poems themselves! Okay, that's an exaggeration, but many unique forms of poetry exist, and this quiz covers some of them.
Tough, 10 Qns, Crystallina, Nov 08 08
Tough
Crystallina
1132 plays
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  The Ode Less Travelled    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Since reading Stephen Fry's book, I now know my iamb from my anapaest. Test your knowledge of poetic terminology in this quiz based on 'The Ode Less Travelled'.
Tough, 10 Qns, rosc, May 04 07
Tough
rosc
388 plays
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  Take this Poetic Forms Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Choose the best answer for each question.
Tough, 10 Qns, skylarb, May 04 07
Tough
skylarb
928 plays
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  Poetry for Dummies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you're taking this quiz, there's a good chance you already know a thing or two about poetry. But if you're not sure what the difference between a sonnet and a nonet is then don't fret because this quiz is here to help! Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, cinnabun, Dec 25 16
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cinnabun
Dec 25 16
715 plays
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