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Identify the Poet Trivia Quiz

Given the first line of a poem, identify the poet who penned the lines.

A multiple-choice quiz by BenjiSim. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
BenjiSim

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
146,250

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
645

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary," Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

John Keats

Baudelaire

Percy Shelley

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit" Hint

John Milton

Lord Byron

W.B. Yeats

Homer

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold," Hint

T.S. Eliot

William Blake

John Keats

Alfred Tennyson

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Question 4 of 10

4. "She lived in storm and strife," Hint

Mary Shelley

W.B. Yeats

William Wordsworth

Lord Byron

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Full fathom five thy father lies:" Hint

John Milton

Ben Johnson

William Shakespeare

Alexander Pope

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Question 6 of 10

6. "To see a world in a grain of sand," Hint

William Cowper

William Blake

Samuel Coleridge

Percy Shelley

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Half a league, half a league," Hint

Lord Byron

Alfred Tennyson

John Keats

Samuel Coleridge

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Question 8 of 10

8. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." Hint

Matthew Arnold

William Shakespeare

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Christina Rossetti

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Question 9 of 10

9. "One's self I sing, a simple separate person," Hint

Robert Browning

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walt Whitman

William Blake

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, a rather hard one. Kudos to anyone who gets this.
"Out of the night that covers me,"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,"

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

This is the first line in Poe's "The Raven". Edgar Allan Poe is a tragic figure: his parents died when he was young, he married his cousin, had alcohol problems, and was often broke.

2. "Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit"

Answer: John Milton

John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is considered the greatest epic poem of the English language. The poem deals with the fall of Lucifer following his defeat by Archangel Michael. Satan plots the downfall of mankind to avenge his loss. Milton also wrote "Paradise Regained" mostly while he was blind.

3. "Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,"

Answer: John Keats

"On first looking into Chapman's Homer" is the poem by John Keats. Keats is particularly well known for his odes. "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode to Autumn", and "Ode to Melancholy" are several examples of this. He also wrote "Endymion" which starts out with the famous line, "A thing beauty is a joy for-ever...".

4. "She lived in storm and strife,"

Answer: W.B. Yeats

"That the Night Come" by W.B. Yeats. William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet who wrote many poems about Irish folklore and mythology. He is considered one of the Big Six poets of the Romantic Era. The Big Six include Byron, Shelley, Keats, Yeats, Wordsworth, and Blake.

5. "Full fathom five thy father lies:"

Answer: William Shakespeare

"A Sea Dirge" is a poem within Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest". Shakespeare is arguably the greatest literary genius ever.

6. "To see a world in a grain of sand,"

Answer: William Blake

"Auguries of Innocence" is a beautiful poem by William Blake. A highly religious man, Blake condemned the effects of the Industrial Revolution on England, and struggled to reconcile good and evil. This is best seen in his two poems, "The Tyger" and "The Lamb". Written as companion poems, they pose the question, "Did the same God who made the lamb make the tiger?".

7. "Half a league, half a league,"

Answer: Alfred Tennyson

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Lord Tennyson. Although Tennyson used his artistic license with the numbers, he succeeds in glorifying the British role in the Crimean War.

8. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

This poem comes from Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese". Elizabeth Browning was married to another famous poet, Robert Browning.

9. "One's self I sing, a simple separate person,"

Answer: Walt Whitman

"Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman. Often overlooked because of his sexual orientation, Whitman produced profound poetry that did not conform to structure. In many ways, his poetry reflects his individuality.

10. Finally, a rather hard one. Kudos to anyone who gets this. "Out of the night that covers me,"

Answer: Henley

"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley is my favorite poem of all time. "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." I hope you enjoyed my quiz. Be sure to play my other literature quizzes.

Source: Author BenjiSim

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