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Quiz about Love Poetry Part 1
Quiz about Love Poetry Part 1

Love Poetry Part 1 Trivia Quiz

This will be the first in a couple of quizzes (I'm hoping) on Love Poetry. What I'll do is name the title of the poem and you name the author. What makes this a little different is all the poetry is about love and romance. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by AmandaLG. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
AmandaLG
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
8,635
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
13 / 25
Plays
505
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Question 1 of 25
1. Who wrote 'She Walks in Beauty'? Hint


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Question 2 of 25
2. Who is the author of 'A Dedication to My Wife'? Hint


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Question 3 of 25
3. Who wrote 'Intimates'? Hint


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Question 4 of 25
4. 'My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close' was written by whom? Hint


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Question 5 of 25
5. 'To One in Paradise' was produced by whom? Hint


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Question 6 of 25
6. Who gave us 'In The Valley of Cauteretz'? Hint


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Question 7 of 25
7. 'Echo' was the work of which author? Hint


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Question 8 of 25
8. Who was the author of 'Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines'? Hint


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Question 9 of 25
9. Who wrote 'A Lover's Resolution'? Hint


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Question 10 of 25
10. 'Last Love' was written by whom? Hint


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Question 11 of 25
11. Who penned 'Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love'? Hint


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Question 12 of 25
12. 'may i feel said he' is the work of what poet? Hint


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Question 13 of 25
13. 'The Ecstasy' comes to us from the pen of which of these writers? Hint


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Question 14 of 25
14. What poet is responsible for 'Winter Love'? Hint


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Question 15 of 25
15. Who gave us 'First Love'? Hint


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Question 16 of 25
16. 'Love's Philosophy' was written by whom? Hint


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Question 17 of 25
17. 'That Time of Year Thou May'st in Me Behold' comes to us from which poet? Hint


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Question 18 of 25
18. Who is responsible for writing 'To His Coy Mistress'? Hint


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Question 19 of 25
19. What poet gave us 'From Merciless Beauty'? Hint


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Question 20 of 25
20. Who wrote the poem 'A Bride'? Hint


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Question 21 of 25
21. What author is responsible for the poem 'Renouncement'? Hint


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Question 22 of 25
22. Who wrote 'Symptoms of Love'? Hint


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Question 23 of 25
23. 'Meeting at Night' is the work of which author? Hint


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Question 24 of 25
24. Who wrote the poem 'Milkmaid'? Hint


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Question 25 of 25
25. Who is the author of 'Rose Aylmer'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who wrote 'She Walks in Beauty'?

Answer: Lord Byron

 Lord Byron's full name was George Gordon Byron. He is considered by many to be the greatest letter writer of the English language. Some of his best known works are "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "Don Juan".
2. Who is the author of 'A Dedication to My Wife'?

Answer: T.S. Eliot

 T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.
3. Who wrote 'Intimates'?

Answer: D.H. Lawrence

 Some of Lawrence's most famous works are: "Sons and Lovers", "The Rainbow" and "Women in Love". Lawrence had trouble getting these works published due to the sexual content.
4. 'My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close' was written by whom?

Answer: Emily Dickinson

 You can visit the Dickinson Homestead located on Main Street in Amherst, Massachusetts.
5. 'To One in Paradise' was produced by whom?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

 Poe was the first master of the short-story form. He is one of my favorite writers.
6. Who gave us 'In The Valley of Cauteretz'?

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson

 Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness. This was brought about by the fact that several men in his family had a mild form of epilepsy. At that time, it was a disease to be embarrassed about having.
7. 'Echo' was the work of which author?

Answer: Christina Rossetti

 Rossetti sat as a model for a number of paintings by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She spent the last 15 years of her life as a recluse.
8. Who was the author of 'Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines'?

Answer: Pablo Neruda

 Pablo Neruda is pseudonym of Neftali Ricardo Reyes y Basoalto, a Chilean poet. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. His writings and verses helped shape 20th-century Latin American literary and political consciousness.
9. Who wrote 'A Lover's Resolution'?

Answer: George Wither

 He was imprisoned for the satire "Abuses Stript and Whipt".
10. 'Last Love' was written by whom?

Answer: Fyodor Tyutchev

 Fyodor Tyutchev was a Russian poet. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest Romantic poets of Russia.
11. Who penned 'Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love'?

Answer: W.H. Auden

 His full name is Wystan Hugh Auden. He was a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets from 1954 to 1973.
12. 'may i feel said he' is the work of what poet?

Answer: ee cummings

 His full name is Edward Estlin Cummings. Cummings volunteered to serve in the Ambulance Corps in France during World War I. Many of his poems were written in lower case and/or without the use of punctuation.
13. 'The Ecstasy' comes to us from the pen of which of these writers?

Answer: John Donne

 John Donne was an English poet and Anglican priest. In 1621, he was appointed Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral.
14. What poet is responsible for 'Winter Love'?

Answer: Elizabeth Jennings

 Jennings' poetry was a reflection of her religious concerns, mental illness, and other personal experiences.
15. Who gave us 'First Love'?

Answer: John Clare

 In 1981, the John Clare Society founded at Helpston by Brian Blade, George Dixon and Edward Storey. In 1989, Clare was honored with a plaque in 'Poet's Corner', Westminster Abbey.
16. 'Love's Philosophy' was written by whom?

Answer: Percy Bysshe Shelley

 Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets. Mary Shelley, who wrote the novel "Frankenstein" was his second wife.
17. 'That Time of Year Thou May'st in Me Behold' comes to us from which poet?

Answer: William Shakespeare

 He is generally considered to be greatest writer in the world. He is often referred to as the "Bard of Avon". A bard is a lyric poet.
18. Who is responsible for writing 'To His Coy Mistress'?

Answer: Andrew Marvell

 He was an English poet and satirist. He was one of the metaphysical poets.
19. What poet gave us 'From Merciless Beauty'?

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

 His most famous work is "The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written in the 14th century. It was one of the most important influences in the development of English literature.
20. Who wrote the poem 'A Bride'?

Answer: Harry Fainlight

 Harry Fainlight (1935-1982) was a British poet associated with the "Beat" movement and who liked to experiment with drugs.
21. What author is responsible for the poem 'Renouncement'?

Answer: Alice Meynell

 Books by Alice Meynell include: "The Rhythm of Life", "Poems", "Holman Hunt", "The Colour of Life", "The Children", "The Spirit of Place", and "Ruskin".
22. Who wrote 'Symptoms of Love'?

Answer: Robert Graves

 Robert Graves was an English writer. He was a prolific poet, novelist, classicist, mythographer and lecturer.
23. 'Meeting at Night' is the work of which author?

Answer: Robert Browning

 Robert Browning was one of the foremost Victorian poets, along with his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
24. Who wrote the poem 'Milkmaid'?

Answer: Laurie Lee

 He is best known for best-known for his autobiographical trilogy "Cider With Rosie", "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning", and "A Moment of War".
25. Who is the author of 'Rose Aylmer'?

Answer: Walter Savage Landor

 Walter Savage Landor's best known works were six volumes of prose called "Imaginary Conversations" and the poem "Rose Aylmer". He also produced a considerable amount of political writings, including epigrams.
Source: Author AmandaLG

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