Poetry Trivia Questions
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Who wrote a letter to his future wife that began with 'I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett'?
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robert browning
What flower does Robert Burns compare his love to in the line 'O, my luve's like a red red'?
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rose
Which bard wrote Sonnet 119 that begins with the line, 'What potions have I drunk of siren tears'?
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william shakespeare
In a poem by Ann and Jane Taylor, what is described as 'Like a diamond in the sky'?
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twinkle, twinkle, little star
In which poet's poem 'The Jewish Cemetery at Newport' can you find the line 'The trees are white with dust'?
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henry wadsworth longfellow
What is the name of a 5-line humorous verse named for an Irish county?
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limerick
What word completes the title of Tennyson's poem 'Flower in the Crannied...'?
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wall
How many lines does a cinquain contain?
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5
Which poet wrote 'Tree at My Window' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'?
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robert frost
Which woman poet wrote the lines, 'Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live'?
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dorothy parker
According to a Robert Frost poem, what is 'something there is that doesn't love'?
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wall
What is the Longfellow poem inspired by a blacksmith working under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts?
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village blacksmith
Which poet wrote the lines, 'Farewell to the highlands, farewell to the north...' in one of his songs?
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robert burns
Which American poet has the middle name Carlos?
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william carlos williams
Who wrote the poetry books 'North of Boston' and 'New Hampshire'?
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robert frost
In the poem by Emily Dickinson, what 'kindly stopped for me' because I could not stop for it?
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death
What is the title of the Robert Frost poem that begins with the line, 'Something there is that doesn't love a wall'?
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mending wall
What type of rose is described in Robert Burns' famous poem about love?
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red, red rose
Which 'Nonsense' poet did Tennyson address in his poem 'To E.L. on his Travels'?
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edward lear
Which poet wrote 'After the first death, there is no other' in 'A Refusal to Mourn the Death of a Child'?
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dylan thomas
Which poet wrote the line: 'Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, by the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din'?
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rudyard kipling
Who wrote 'The Building of the Ship' after writing about 'The Wreck of the Hesperus'?
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henry wadsworth longfellow
Which poet wrote, 'Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so'?
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john donne
What word completes the title of Dylan Thomas' poem 'And ____ Shall Have No Dominion'?
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death
Which poet wrote the lines, 'My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near'?
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robert frost
In which month did Burns write that his love is like a red, red, rose, newly sprung?
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june
Who is the poet that went on for 55 verses weeping for the dead 'Adonais'?
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percy bysshe shelley
Who is the American poet famous for publishing 'Dust of Snow' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' in 1923?
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robert frost
Which English romantic poet, who suffered from consumption, wrote the sonnet 'The Human Seasons'?
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john keats
Who is the poet known for writing the ode that features a knight captivated by a beautiful lady in 'La Belle Dame sans Merci'?
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john keats
Whose poems were published posthumously by her niece in 1914 under the title 'The Single Hound'?
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emily dickinson
What is the 'anatomical' poetic term for a rhythmic unit consisting of 2 or 3 syllables?
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foot
What is the title of Shelley's poem that describes a statue of a boastful ruler in a desolate landscape?
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ozymandias
In the poem "Negro," which poet wrote, "I am...black as the night is black, black like the depths of my Africa"?
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langston hughes
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