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Easy Poetry Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz for people who have some knowledge of poetry.

A multiple-choice quiz by pjchik. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
pjchik

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,259

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
851

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This poet wrote 'The Poison Tree,' 'The Lamb,' and 'Tyger.' Who is it? Hint

Dickinson

William Carlos Williams

Whitman

Blake

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Question 2 of 10

2. In order to be considered a sonnet, in what meter must a fourteen line poem be written? Hint

Shakespearian pentameter

Dactylic dimeter

Iambic pentameter

Tetrameter

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Question 3 of 10

3. What song's lyrics can be replaced by ANY Emily Dickinson poem and keep the same rhythm? Hint

Love is a Battlefield

Somewhere over the rainbow

The Yellow Rose of Texas

Let's Do It

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves' comes from what poem? Hint

My Heart's in the Highlands

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Jabberwocky

How Doth the Little Crocodile?

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who cannot look directly at Camelot, but sneaks a peek one day?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who 'went home and put a bullet through his head'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Haze, char, and the weather of All Souls' is the first line from 'In the Elegy Season' Who wrote it? Hint

Alfred Tennyson

Thomas Hardy

Richard Wilbur

John Donne

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote one of the most inspirational poems ever (Invictus) from a hospital bed?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote '...Death, thou shalt die.'?

Answer: (Two Words (Capitalize))

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Question 10 of 10

10. Okay, one extremely hard one. Lewis Carroll wrote 'How Doth the Little Crocodile?' This poem was a parody. What was the original work and who penned it? Hint

'It Can't Rain All the Time' by Eric Draven

'Little Girl' by Michele Devine

'Against Idleness and Mischief' by Issac Watts

'I Dreamt of Blood' by Gabriel Knight

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This poet wrote 'The Poison Tree,' 'The Lamb,' and 'Tyger.' Who is it?

Answer: Blake

When Blake was young, he used to see visions outside of his window. He also illustrated 'Songs of Experience' and 'Songs of Innocence.'

2. In order to be considered a sonnet, in what meter must a fourteen line poem be written?

Answer: Iambic pentameter

Iambic (first syllable unstressed second stressed) pentameter (ten syllables) is used by Shakespeare quite a bit in his plays. They usually don't rhyme however.

3. What song's lyrics can be replaced by ANY Emily Dickinson poem and keep the same rhythm?

Answer: The Yellow Rose of Texas

Eerie, isn't it? It's kind of like muting 'The Wizard of Oz' and playing Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'.

4. 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves' comes from what poem?

Answer: Jabberwocky

Have you ever wondered about Lewis Carroll? Seriously wondered?!

5. Who cannot look directly at Camelot, but sneaks a peek one day?

Answer: The Lady of Shalott

This was Anne of Green Gables' favorite poem (she read and recited it enough anyway.)

6. Who 'went home and put a bullet through his head'?

Answer: Richard Cory

Simon and Garfunkel recorded a song version of this with 'apologies to E.A. Robinson'

7. 'Haze, char, and the weather of All Souls' is the first line from 'In the Elegy Season' Who wrote it?

Answer: Richard Wilbur

Wonderful imagery.

8. Who wrote one of the most inspirational poems ever (Invictus) from a hospital bed?

Answer: W.E. Henley

Yep, W.E. had one screwed up life. He had a bunch of medical problems. If it ever got him down, it doesn't show in mentioned poem.

9. Who wrote '...Death, thou shalt die.'?

Answer: John Donne

10. Okay, one extremely hard one. Lewis Carroll wrote 'How Doth the Little Crocodile?' This poem was a parody. What was the original work and who penned it?

Answer: 'Against Idleness and Mischief' by Issac Watts

Sad that the parody is more recognizable than the original, isn't it?

Source: Author pjchik

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