Create a Quiz. The academic subject for which the text must be created - English. Content must be appropriate for Doesn't matter. Required t...
←
→
What to createQuiz
Which subjectEnglish
What age groupDoesn't matter
What topicPoetry
Question typesMixed
Number of questions10
Number of answers10
Correct answersExactly 1
Show correct answers
Use images (descriptions)
Any other preferences

Poetry Quiz

Welcome to the Poetry Quiz! Test your knowledge about poetry and its various forms, famous poets, and literary techniques. Good luck!

Questions

  1. Who is known as the "father of free verse"?

  2. What is the primary theme of William Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?

  3. Which of the following is an example of a sonnet? A. "The Road Not Taken"
    B. "Sonnet 18"
    C. "Invictus"
    D. "The Waste Land"
    E. "The Raven"
    F. "Ode to a Nightingale"
    G. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
    H. "Still I Rise"
    I. "Annabel Lee"
    J. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

  4. What literary device is primarily used in the phrase "the wind whispered through the trees"?

  5. Which poet wrote "Because I could not stop for Death"?

  6. Identify the rhyme scheme of a traditional Shakespearean sonnet. A. ABABCDCDEFEFGG
    B. AABBCCDD
    C. ABABAB
    D. AABBA
    E. ABCABC
    F. ABCCBA
    G. ABABCDCD
    H. ABBAABBA
    I. AABBCC
    J. AABBC

  7. What is the main purpose of an ode in poetry?

  8. Which of the following poems is written by Robert Frost? A. "The Raven"
    B. "The Road Not Taken"
    C. "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
    D. "If—"
    E. "My Heart Leaps Up"
    F. "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter"
    G. "This is Just to Say"
    H. "When You Are Old"
    I. "Hope is the thing with feathers"
    J. "Still I Rise"

  9. What is personification?

  10. What type of poem often tells a story and has a musical quality?

Answers Key

  1. Ezra Pound
  2. Nature and beauty
  3. B. "Sonnet 18"
  4. Personification
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. A. ABABCDCDEFEFGG
  7. To express deep feelings or thoughts about a subject
  8. B. "The Road Not Taken"
  9. Attributing human traits or feelings to non-human things
  10. Ballad

Feel free to verify your answers and deepen your understanding of poetry!