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Poetry appeals to most children - the combination of comfortable rhythms and rhyming words makes it easy to learn them and anticipate what is coming next.
17 quizzes and 166 trivia questions.
1.
  Can You Stick it to The Jabberwocky?   great trivia quiz  
Fun Fill-It
 10 Qns
Jabberwocky is a fantastic bit of poetry from Lewis Carroll. Can you fill in the missing words and complete the quest?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, misdiaslocos, May 03 24
Very Easy
misdiaslocos gold member
May 03 24
177 plays
2.
  "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" Part 1   popular trivia quiz  
Fun Fill-It
 8 Qns
The poem "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" is divided into three sections called stanzas. In this game, you need to fill in the blanks in the first stanza.
Very Easy, 8 Qns, Catreona, Aug 09 25
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Very Easy
Catreona gold member
Aug 09 25
191 plays
3.
  Monday's Child    
Fun Fill-It
 12 Qns
A Poem about the Days of the Week
"Monday's Child" is a very traditional rhyme and a song. Even if you have never heard the poem before see if you can fill in the missing words and here's a hint--every two lines end in a rhyming word.
Very Easy, 12 Qns, sally0malley, Mar 23 24
Very Easy
sally0malley gold member
Mar 23 24
264 plays
4.
  "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" Part 3    
Fun Fill-It
 8 Qns
The poem "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" is divided into three sections called stanzas. In this game, you need to fill in the blanks in the third stanza.
Very Easy, 8 Qns, Catreona, Aug 14 25
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Very Easy
Catreona gold member
Aug 14 25
161 plays
5.
  "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" Part 2    
Fun Fill-It
 8 Qns
The poem "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" is divided into three sections called stanzas. In this game, you need to fill in the blanks in the second stanza.
Very Easy, 8 Qns, Catreona, Aug 12 25
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Very Easy
Catreona gold member
Aug 12 25
145 plays
6.
  "The Swing" by Robert Louis Stevenson    
Fun Fill-It
 10 Qns
One of my favorite books as a child was "A Child's Garden of Verses" and I still can recite some of the poems. Do you know "The Swing" as well as I do?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, MariaVerde, Aug 03 25
Very Easy
MariaVerde gold member
Aug 03 25
116 plays
7.
Flower Fairies
  Flower Fairies   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Cicely Mary Barker was a British poet who lived from 1895 to 1973. Her books were filled with poems and illustrations which took children on a visual tour around the fairy garden. See whether you can identify the flower fairy from the picture and poem.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Plodd, Sep 28 22
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7
Very Easy
Plodd
Sep 28 22
671 plays
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  Poetry for Kids   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much poetry do you know? This quiz might help you remember some poems and introduce you to some new ones.
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Sep 12 20
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8
Easier
rossian editor
Sep 12 20
1339 plays
9.
  Poems From my Childhood   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These poems delighted me as a child, as they have delighted generations of children over the years.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Sep 12 20
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7
Average
looney_tunes editor
Sep 12 20
911 plays
10.
  Powerful Feelings in Small Spaces   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A teacher once said, "Poems often contain powerful feelings in small spaces". Let's look at some classic poems that do exactly that, and some that are just fun. Enjoy!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, gracious1, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 4,5,6,7
Very Easy
gracious1 gold member
May 02 21
1128 plays
trivia question Quick Question
'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest' is the first line of a verse which appears in which book by Robert Louis Stevenson?

From Quiz "Poetry for Kids"




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  Classic Children's Poems   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some well-known and well-loved poems from Grandma's time!
Average, 10 Qns, austinnene, Sep 12 20
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8
Average
austinnene
Sep 12 20
1504 plays
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  Poetic Concepts for Kids    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
When learning about poetry, it's important to note the things poets do to make sure that their writing looks and sounds poetic. How well do you understand these fundamental literary devices and poetic forms? This quiz is recommended for older children.
Easier, 10 Qns, OddballJunior, Oct 03 20
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9
Easier
OddballJunior
Oct 03 20
422 plays
13.
  Green Grass Grows All Around    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Mary Le Duc O'Neill's 1961 "Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color" is a beautiful collection of poetry that helps children learn how color can represent feelings. Can you tell which color is in the poem?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, BarbaraMcI, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8
Very Easy
BarbaraMcI gold member
May 02 21
562 plays
14.
  The Nyum-Nyum    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about "The Nyum-Nyum", written by Anonymous. All you have to figure out is the fourth line in each question. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, alexis722, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8
Average
alexis722
May 02 21
236 plays
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  My Dog Chewed Up My Homework    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Not all poetry is old, some is modern and funny.
Average, 10 Qns, Christinap, May 02 21
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7,8
Average
Christinap
May 02 21
590 plays
16.
  Twas the Night Before Christmas    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The first poem I ever memorized! A perennial holiday favorite at our house; let's see what you can remember about "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
Average, 10 Qns, Belleiscute, Dec 17 21
Recommended for grades: 4,5,6
Average
Belleiscute
Dec 17 21
1013 plays
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  Poems For Kids    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I hope you know your poems for kids. This may be for the parents of kids that read the poems. It's kinda tough. Good luck!
Difficult, 10 Qns, buggywuggyfresh, Aug 16 13
Difficult
buggywuggyfresh
1650 plays
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Poetry for Children Trivia Questions
1. Most English language poetry will be built around a pattern of words that sound alike. What is this pattern called?

From Quiz Poetic Concepts for Kids

Answer: Rhyme scheme

Traditionally, you would describe a rhyme scheme using capital letters, with lines that rhyme with one another being labeled with the same letter. This is helpful when reading sonnets, which go ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, but it would not be helpful when learning the alphabet song, which would just be a bunch of A's.

2. Robert Burns wrote a poem beginning 'wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie' about which creature?

From Quiz Poetry for Kids

Answer: Mouse

Burns was born in Scotland, and his poems are sometimes written in words which sound strange to our ears. 'To a Mouse' is said to have been written when Burns accidentally disturbed the nest of a field mouse while he was ploughing a field. He is telling her he is sorry for the damage he has caused and that she has no reason to fear him.

3. "The Nyum-Nyum chortled by the sea, And skipped the wavelets green: He wondered how the sky could be ...". What's the fourth line?

From Quiz The Nyum-Nyum

Answer: So very nice and clean

"So very aquamarine" has too many syllables for the poem to scan well. "So blue and yet so green" rhymes and scans but repeats the word green. "So cold and bleak and red" doesn't rhyme at all. That leaves the correct line, "So very nice and clean". The poem doesn't tell what kind of creature the Nyum-Nyum is, but only how he feels, what he says and what he does. It is written in the style of "Jabberwocky" from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and, although the Jabberwock is slain in that book, he appears in this poem.

4. Let us begin with a fun, famous poem: "I never saw a _____ Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one." What color is the cow in this poem?

From Quiz Powerful Feelings in Small Spaces

Answer: purple

Gelett Burgess wrote this poem in 1895 for a magazine called "The Lark". It wasn't really just for children, but some children (and many adults, too) do like to recite it! Mr. Burgess did not like how popular it became, and so he wrote this verse in 1897: "Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"-- I'm sorry, now, I wrote it; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'll kill you if you quote it!"

5. This is from a poem about a mythical monster. The name of the monster is the last word of each verse. What is it? "Then you rose up from the table with a bellow and a whine. You went lurching, you were searching for some dinner,"

From Quiz My Dog Chewed Up My Homework

Answer: Frankenstein

The poem is "Oh My Darling, Frankenstein" by Kenn Nesbitt. If you know the old song "Oh My Darling, Clementine" you can sing the poem to the same tune. "Frankenstein" is an old tale about a scientist building a man from bits and pieces and then bringing him to life with the electricity from a thunder storm.

6. The Dr. Seuss poem about a woman naming all twenty-three sons the same name was called 'Too Many ______ .

From Quiz Poems For Kids

Answer: Daves

Yep, but she wanted to name one Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate.

7. What poetic device is used when two things or ideas are directly compared without using the words "like" or "as" (example: "that dog is a shredder")?

From Quiz Poetic Concepts for Kids

Answer: Metaphor

Simile is much like metaphor, except that it uses "like" or "as". Alliteration is a series of words that begin with the same sound, like the Peter Piper tongue twister. Zeugma is when two unlikely or seemingly unrelated things are parts of the same sentence component (ex: "she was beating her high score and around the bush"), but you probably won't have to know that until high school or college.

8. This color "is the sunshine" and many other things, like a ring, money, and a "flickering fish that lives its life in a crystal dish." What is this rich color?

From Quiz Green Grass Grows All Around

Answer: Gold

Gold can be both a metal and a color. "Yellow's mother's name is gold."

9. 'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest' is the first line of a verse which appears in which book by Robert Louis Stevenson?

From Quiz Poetry for Kids

Answer: Treasure Island

'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest; Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!; Drink and the devil had done for the rest; Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' were the only words written by Stevenson in 'Treasure Island'. The words were the chorus of a sea shanty created by the author for the book. A full poem, based on Stevenson's partial poem, was written by an American author named Young E. Allison, who called his work 'Derelict'.

10. "And then in sadness to his love, The Nyum-Nyum weeping said, 'I know no reason why the sea ...'". What's the fourth line?

From Quiz The Nyum-Nyum

Answer: Should not be white or red

Even though this is considered a 'nonsense poem' there's no reason to think the creature is in bed or that the ocean could or would want to sleep in a bed; the line doesn't scan anyway. "Should have no fishes and bread" does not scan either, but the ocean does have fishes and usually doesn't have bread, so the mixture of the two doesn't fit. "Should fill my mouth with waves" doesn't rhyme.

11. Here are the first two lines of a poem by William Makepeace Thackeray: "First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black; Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back;" What do you suppose is the name of this piece?

From Quiz Powerful Feelings in Small Spaces

Answer: At the Zoo

Even if you've never read the poem, you could guess that a place where one might see bears and a camel is a zoo. Mr. Thackeray wrote "At the Zoo" in the 1900s. Here is the entire poem: "First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black; Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back; Then I saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw; Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw; Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk; Then I saw the monkeys -- mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt!" The joke is that "stunk" rhymes, but Thackeray chose "smelt" instead, to startle you. He wrote a lot of funny stories and poems for adults in his lifetime. He might be best known for a novel called "Vanity Fair", which was first published one chapter at a time in the magazine "Punch".

12. "Mary had a little frog. The frog croaked every day. And Mary always wondered What the frog was trying to say." Later in this poem Mary kisses the frog. What does it turn into?

From Quiz My Dog Chewed Up My Homework

Answer: A prince

This poem is "Mary Had A Little Frog" by Bruce Lansky. True to the fairy story, when Mary kisses the frog he turns into a handsome Prince. He marries Mary and they live happily ever after.

13. Who is traditionally believed to have written the poem?

From Quiz Twas the Night Before Christmas

Answer: Clement Clarke Moore

It is believed that Moore wrote the poem for his daughters, Margaret and Charity, and only agreed to the publication of the poem if it were done so anonymously. (Moore was a professor and academic who didn't want his name associated with a children's verse.) He later claimed authorship. Debate over authorship reached its peak in 2000, when Don Foster of Vassar College, proposed that Major Henry Livingston, Junior, was the true author. No one knows for sure who the author is, although Moore is traditionally credited with penning the verse.

14. "I know a funny little man, as quiet as a mouse, Who does the mischief that is done in everybody's house!" Who's this miscreant (look it up, kids!) of verse?

From Quiz Classic Children's Poems

Answer: Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody is real, I can attest to that! He lived in our house for about 10 years. I'd come upon a big mess and say, "Kids, who did this?" and sure enough, they'd tell me, "NOBODY"! I was glad when he decided to move out! (He had a cousin named I Don't Know...) Mr. Nobody was written by----nobody! The author is unknown.

15. What is the name of the little girl who simply 'cannot go to school today' in Shel Silverstein's 'Sick'?

From Quiz Poems For Kids

Answer: Peggy Ann McKay

Yeah she had the flu, a broken leg, and a high temperature until she found out it was Saturday.

16. This darkest color is the color of "the night when there isn't a star." It also can be the color of licorice and shiny new patent leather shoes. What is this dark color?

From Quiz Green Grass Grows All Around

Answer: Black

The poet knows that black can seem to be an unhappy color, but also that many beautiful things are black, and asks the reader to remember that starlight and lamplight would be much less beautiful without black.

17. 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' was written by which author?

From Quiz Poetry for Kids

Answer: T S Eliot

'Old Possum' was the nickname Thomas Stearns Eliot used when he wrote to his godchildren, and the poems about cats were sent to the children. They were then collected together and published in one book. Among the cats he wrote about are 'Macavity', 'Mr. Mistoffelees' and 'Old Deuteronomy'. The book was adapted for the long running stage musical called 'Cats'.

18. "In twenty minutes in there came, A creature black as ink, Which put its feet upon a chair ...". What's the fourth line?

From Quiz The Nyum-Nyum

Answer: And called for beer to drink

There is no description of this black creature, so you may imagine it any way you like. It's possible he's the Bandersnatch from the original "Jabberwocky" poem, and the Nyum-Nyum had been waiting for him, as he says in verse 4: "I know no reason why the sea, Should not be red, I say; And why the slithy Bandersnatch, Has not been round today."

19. "The locker room smells nasty, And my gym shoes smell like feet. My socks smell like they're made of cheese Or spoiled rotten meat." Based on the extract above, what do you think this poem is called?

From Quiz My Dog Chewed Up My Homework

Answer: Gym Class

It's from "Gym Class" by Neal Levin. He writes funny poetry for children, and says that a lot of it is based on his own time at school. Judging by his description of his gym class locker room, it wasn't the nicest school in the world.

20. What did the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" establish?

From Quiz Twas the Night Before Christmas

Answer: The physical description of modern Santa Claus

The poem describes Santa as being plump, dressed in fur, with a flowing white beard. It also established his mode of transportation, as a sleigh drawn by "eight tiny reindeer".

21. In the poem 'Suzanna Socked Me Sunday' what did Suzanna do when the kid told her 'Enough's Enough?'

From Quiz Poems For Kids

Answer: Bit him

He was all black and blue.

22. Some poets will consider the way that their poem looks on paper as an important part of the poem, and may choose to break the poem up into smaller sections of a few lines each. What are these sections called?

From Quiz Poetic Concepts for Kids

Answer: Stanzas

"Stanza" comes from an old Italian word for "room". While it is not necessary to do so, stanzas can help make longer poems easier for readers to digest (metaphorically - please don't eat paper).

23. This color may seem common and dull, but there are many good things that come in it, like cinnamon toast and chocolate and gingerbread. What is this comfortable color?

From Quiz Green Grass Grows All Around

Answer: Brown

"Brown is the color of a country road; back of a turtle, back of a toad."

24. Robert Browning wrote a well known poem about a musician in the town of Hamelin. Which instrument did he play?

From Quiz Poetry for Kids

Answer: Pipe

'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' tells the story of a town which has been overrun by rats. The piper promises to free the town, and plays a tune which attracts all the rats to follow him. When the people fail to pay him, as promised, the piper plays a different tune which makes all the children of the town chase after him, never to be seen again. Among the verses of the poem are 'Rats!; They fought the dogs and killed the cats; And bit the babies in the cradles'.

25. "They gave him porter in a tub, But, 'Give me more!' he cried; And then he drew a heavy sigh, ...". What's the fourth line?

From Quiz The Nyum-Nyum

Answer: And laid him down and died

One of the incorrect answers doesn't rhyme, one doesn't scan, and one uses the wrong past tense. If you figured that out, you have the right answer. The next verse is: "He died, and in the Nyum-Nyum's cave, A cry of mourning rose; The Nyum-Nyum sobbed a gentle sob, And silly blew his nose."

26. "My dog chewed up my homework. He slobbered on it, too. So now my homework's ripped to shreds and full of slimy _____" What word do you think completes this verse?

From Quiz My Dog Chewed Up My Homework

Answer: Goo

"The Dog Chewed Up My Homework", by Bruce Lansky, provides a perfect excuse for not handing in your homework. In this case, though, the pupil has the homework with him, all chewed up, in a box, and he is offering it to the teacher.

27. What is the narrator wearing when Saint Nicholas arrives?

From Quiz Twas the Night Before Christmas

Answer: A cap

The narrator states: "mamma and her kerchief and I in my cap, had just settled our brains down for a long winter's nap".

28. And now for some sailors: "____, ____, and ____ one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe,- Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew." Who were those guys?

From Quiz Classic Children's Poems

Answer: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

This poem, "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", by Eugene Field, is about a child going off to sleep. As the poem says--"Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head."

29. What were Sarah Stout's middle names in the poem about her not taking the garbage out, by Shel Silverstein?

From Quiz Poems For Kids

Answer: Cynthia Sylvia

Say that 10 times fast!

30. "Crash", "Squeak", and "Roar" are all examples of what kind of word?

From Quiz Poetic Concepts for Kids

Answer: Onomatopoeia

"Onomatopoeia" would be a very good word to know if you plan to take part in a spelling bee. It is used to describe any word which descriptively refers to a sound, imitating the actual sound it describes, and these tend to differ between different cultures.

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