From Shakespearean sonnets to Nobel laureates, we’ve put enough tricky poetry questions and answers to test even the brightest of bards!
Few forms of writing have the ability to capture and express raw emotion in the many ways that poetry does. With that said, we’ve put together some poetry questions and answers to test your knowledge of history’s most beloved bards!
Whether you’re wild about Wordsworth or a poet in your own right, you’ll find plenty here to get you thinking! On that note, expect a question or two on some of the techniques employed in the world’s most famous works!
Do you know how many lines make up a sonnet, or how many Shakespeare produced in his lifetime?
Can you recall which war ‘The Iliad’ walks us through the story of, or where Wordsworth found the inspiration for his most famous poem?
Are you familiar with the poem whose masterpiece took us on a journey through Hell itself? Can you remember which instrument the owl serenaded the pussy-cat with in one of Lear’s most famous poems?
Today’s poetry quiz will touch on all of the above and more, so you’d best pop those thinking caps on! Keep on scrolling and show us what you’ve got – we’re confident you’ll do us poetic justice!
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Poetry Questions and Answers
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How’d you fare with today’s poetry quiz? Don’t dwell on the questions that tripped you up – as Sophocles himself once said, “a man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more!”
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