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Poetry Time Trivia Quiz

Poetry, anyone?

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
8,890

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
805

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'Each man kills the thing he loves' comes from a poem by Hint

John Dryden

Edgar Allan Poe

Oscar Wilde

William Blake

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Question 2 of 10

2. This poet was said to be the inspiration for the character of Long John Silver Hint

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Alexander Pope

William Ernest Henley

T.S.Eliot

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Gone with the wind' and 'Days of wine and roses' are taken from his poems Hint

Ernest Dowson

John Keats

Percy Shelley

William Butler Yeats

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Question 4 of 10

4. He said that 'stone walls do not a prison make' Hint

Longfellow

W.H. Auden

Richard Lovelace

A.E.Housman

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Question 5 of 10

5. This poet is often compared to Robert Burns Hint

Lord Byron

John Clare

Alfred Lord Tennyson

William Wordsworth

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind': Hint

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Sylvia Plath

Emily Dickinson

Marianne Moore

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Question 7 of 10

7. A famous poem of World War I, 'In Flanders Field', was written by: Hint

John Mcrae

Wilfrid Owen

Alan Seeger

Rupert Brooke

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Question 8 of 10

8. One poet wrote 'The Passionate Shepherd'; another wrote a reply. These two poets are: Hint

Shakespeare and Jonson

R Browning and E Browningr

C Rosetti and D Rossetti

Marlowe and Raleigh

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Question 9 of 10

9. This poet was also known for his translation of Poe Hint

Mallarme

Hesse

Heine

Baudelaire

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Question 10 of 10

10. This poet described words that had 'forked no lightning': Hint

Robert Frost

Walt Whitman

Carl Sandburg

Dylan Thomas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Each man kills the thing he loves' comes from a poem by

Answer: Oscar Wilde

The line comes from the 'Ballad of Reading Gaol'

2. This poet was said to be the inspiration for the character of Long John Silver

Answer: William Ernest Henley

Henley is the author of 'Invictus'

3. 'Gone with the wind' and 'Days of wine and roses' are taken from his poems

Answer: Ernest Dowson

Dowson was a sad fellow who lived a sad life - but he could turn a phrase

4. He said that 'stone walls do not a prison make'

Answer: Richard Lovelace

5. This poet is often compared to Robert Burns

Answer: John Clare

6. 'The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind':

Answer: Emily Dickinson

A great line for a psychotherapist's office

7. A famous poem of World War I, 'In Flanders Field', was written by:

Answer: John Mcrae

This is arguably the most famous poem of WWI

8. One poet wrote 'The Passionate {Shepherd';} another wrote a reply. These two poets are:

Answer: Marlowe and Raleigh

Marlowe wrote the {original;} Raleigh wrote the 'reply'

9. This poet was also known for his translation of Poe

Answer: Baudelaire

Baudelaire is best known for 'Flowers of Evil',

10. This poet described words that had 'forked no lightning':

Answer: Dylan Thomas

The line comes from 'Do not go gentle into that good night'

Source: Author robert362

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