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Are you a poetry master? Dare to take the ultimate poetry challenge? Don't be so shy — Our Fun Poetry Quiz presents questions and answers on old and modern poetry to help test and enrich your knowledge.


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138 Comments
  • lynnh.57238
    That was a beautiful learning experience!!!
    LikeReply 116 days ago
  • Victory245
    The poem quiz was interesting and opens my eyes to learning so much.
    LikeReply 117 days ago
  • nulllulu641
    Entertaining
    LikeReply 120 days ago
  • Stefanutter84
    I am a very deep person and poetry toe brings puty innerself and what I'm feeling, or what others are feeling
    LikeReply 11 month ago
  • scoobyzim
    Cool
    LikeReply 11 month ago
  • f.k.allie
    Great fun!
    LikeReply 11 month ago
  • nooshin
    really enjoyed it... especially because it tested creativity too...
    LikeReply 12 months ago
  • kalejaiyeadeshola007
    A good place to keep the fire burning
    LikeReply 12 months ago
  • dsouzatrevor5
    Very well thought of questions
    LikeReply 23 months ago
  • shanzeali
    Great fun
    LikeReply 23 months ago
  • keith_k
    Too easy for an English Literature of Arts degree.
    LikeReply 33 months ago
  • robertm.06281
    I love it.
    LikeReply 23 months ago
  • jackg.26131
    9/10 in 2.5 mins hey what do you know I'm a bit smarter than I thought
    LikeReply 33 months ago
  • rosa.ranson59
    Not so easy
    LikeReply 13 months ago
  • Sospetermkombo46
    Your quizes really reminds me of my senior school book of American literature and poems like," Road not taken", " stopped by the snow wood" and " Annabelee"
    LikeReply 24 months ago
  • williamsnajar117
    Fun makes me want to do some more studying
    LikeReply 24 months ago
  • diamondbluedaprince
    Loved this
    LikeReply 14 months ago
  • Prisma
    Awesome! It was a fun and informative quiz.
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • Yu-Qing
    not bad
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • wpgchap
    enjoyed it
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • Lithium
    Great fun and a real challenge.
    LikeReply 26 months ago
  • Kkj64
    I really like the quiz
    LikeReply 16 months ago
  • Fereedah
    It was fun and educating
    LikeReply 16 months ago
  • ericrgrs432
    I knew some about poetry, but this is really fun. I love to challenge myself. So, to learn about new things that deal with poetry is great!!!
    LikeReply 17 months ago
  • Karizma521
    Brings back many fond memories of poetries past
    LikeReply 18 months ago
  • buttery.muffin.of.love
    It's been around forever I used to submit when I was a teenager
    LikeReply 18 months ago
  • rafiu_i
    The questions are fascinating
    LikeReply 18 months ago
  • normajean_s
    Thank you. GREAT Quiz, Love it.
    LikeReply 18 months ago
  • @uzbek
    OMG! I scored 9 out of 10. Fantastic! CocaColastic!
    LikeReply 19 months ago
  • rafiu_i
    The quiz taught me a lot. It is an eye opener.
    LikeReply 19 months ago
  • Timrek00
    The quiz has introduced to me poets from long ago.
    LikeReply 19 months ago
  • kubangu_p
    It's awesome and I have learnt alot
    LikeReply 19 months ago
  • jessica.81529
    Wow I may like poetry and try to write it but I know nothing about it. LOL. It was fun and I learned some new things
    LikeReply 310 months ago
  • patriciah.02908
    learned a lot of things today
    LikeReply 210 months ago
  • #iwriteitall
    Woohoo
    LikeReply 111 months ago
  • Janebjordan35
    I learn a lot.
    LikeReply 211 months ago
  • Janebjordan35
    I like this. I learn while answering.
    LikeReply 311 months ago
  • luisestable1
    A good exercise poetry matters
    LikeReply 211 months ago
  • Vidyamenon.g
    Enjoyed doing it
    LikeReply 211 months ago
  • UJ
    I took the quiz about 10 times until I finally got them all correct.
    LikeReply 312 months ago
  • stoneybelcher67
    I think it's awesome I love a good challenge good exercise for the brains
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • ilori_j
    It's exciting
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • luisestable1
    I like this type of poetry-exercise
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • luisestable1
    Good mental work!
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • dougb.19255
    No Wordsworth. Pity. Give me lots of Wordsworth and I will blow the puzzle’s doors down.oh yeah and maybe Robert Browning. Team ahoy…Wayne Blair.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • luisestable1
    Good work! I got 8 out 10. I gave my mind good exercise.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • jamesd.65848
    Fun and interactive way to sharpen your pencils
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • bevgeorge
    great exercise. thanks
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • leotis_h
    Thank you all for testing my poetry background. It helps me to stay well rounded. Am thankful to find a site like this and to guides me to become a great poet one day.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Osagie
    I think some of the questions will guide us technically
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • dougb.72572
    Fun to give it a whirl.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • alaina_d
    This is not dumb. I think.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • shafiqul_i
    It's really interesting. However, I could not do well.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • ahmedr.26434
    The question are quite interesting and I really love it
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • Lord_Bones
    Heavily-random trivia of retained participles...
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • msmarkonis
    9/10 and I knew the Elizabeth Bishop one too! Damn!
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Ronn
    "The Cask of Amontillado" is indeed by Edgar Allen Poe, but it is a short story, NOT a poem.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Earlene209
    I enjoyed the Poetry Quiz learning new things about poets I did not know.
    LikeReply 31 year ago
  • Olajide1900
    This is great
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • LiteralErudite
    All fun
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • oteeyhoIro
    Fun is the word.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Mesha
    I have done this 3 times in a row. I find it very fun. I am also shocked about what I DO know.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • author177
    I didn't know some of these. Very fun
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • rgstexbd
    Amagzing
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Sabih
    I am just exploring this website for two reasons, learning the art of writing sonnets and secondly to publish my freestyle poetry. The quiz seems to be focused on expanding my knowledge base about poets and poetry. 
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Wordsofadnan
    Yeah , pretty fun.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Israelpoems
    Lovely
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Aleroid
    It’s fun
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • sharis_h
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • rakeshm.46911
    Fun-oetry!
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • Catalystchurch9
    Mind blogging ones
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • TEJIKOBI
    Amagzing
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Kacsing
    Loads of fun!!!
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • tahirunasara1
    Amazing set of questions. Really challenging and I enjoyed myself.
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • leisirzero
    i love poems too, altho is much less poetic world than before ,but still we need love
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    Teddi, now that is a unique name ! The masters of old used 16 to 24 lines to get their thoughts thru, I use 24 lines in my poems normally, sometimes 28 or 32 ! Checkout the poet laurates of old like .A Kilmer - The Tree, A Tennyson - The Bar and Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken ! Happy poeming ! 
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • 1mrstpayne
    I am not new to poetry, but I would love to meet others and enjoy their poems. Add me and thanks.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • jwarren3604
    I really enjoyed the quiz and learned new info.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • dik_c
    Two were guesses...
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • nazmianver
    That was interesting!
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    Be ever mindful
    Laugh and the world laughs with you
    Weep and you weep alone
    For this sad old earth must borrow its mirth
    But has trouble enough of its own ! Selah
    Ella Wilson
    LikeReply 42 years ago
  • Tewabe
    well come back , let that good old days passed. thanks Edward Ely. It was a great promotion and initiation to stick with poetry.
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    Put your talents to God, be a teller of Good News !
    Read the Word and be a doer of it, there is no matter occupation than to serve !
    You have wonderful credentials, use then for the Most High and your life will take on a new dimension ! 
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Deybor
    Nice literary Drill. This helps sharpen once knowledge and memory of the basics of Literature-In-English.
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    Your name Shane is very unique, it means God is gracious !
    And He will bless His children during a lifetime of service. How good can it get ?
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    Thomas, learning God's Word will provide meaning to your life !
    Study to show thy self a workman that needs not to be ashamed.
    Bravo for your translating. keep me posted.
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • rakeshmishrairs
    Interesting update to your stashed away childhood memories!
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    Any Bible scholars out there ?
    For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face ;now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
    1 Cor 13: 12.
    One of greatest poets ever was Alfred Lord Tennyson and he wrote " The Bar "
    Check it out - an era of poetry not seen today or ever ! 
    LikeReply 12 years ago
    • ThomasMcElwain
      Don't know if I am actually a Bible scholar, but I did translate the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into rhymed English verse once upon a time. (Aramaic portions I had to depend mostly on other translations.) I am now on the last stretch of doing the same thing in an Iroquoian dialect. 
      LikeReply 22 years ago
    • @shaneb-z
      wow that's amazing! You've got a good grasp on languages, and an appreciation for scholarship, as well as an understanding to know the difference.
      LikeReply 12 years ago
    • bernadette_m
      That's incredible! I just hope you didn't alter the message in it. Smile.
      LikeReply2 years ago
    • ThomasMcElwain
      Thanks for that!
      LikeReply2 years ago
    • ThomasMcElwain
      While putting it into rhymed verse did not distort the text nearly as much as might be predicted, and the result is certainly closer to the Hebrew and Greek texts than many modern versions using "dynamic" translation methods, a translation by a single person is inevitably going to show individual bias. I am not immune to that. But I believe that God does protect His Word. 
      LikeReply 22 years ago
  • s.rimizak
    That was cool, though my knowledge of Enlish poetry is rather limited..
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • onyemenam_e
    I literally forgot everything,but the test was very helpful
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • fredrick_s
    I remembered some things from a while back. I missed answered one so I really missed 1.
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • jerrywlawrence2666
    I Had 2 Much Fun, This Time. (It Can B Gotten Through).
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • jerrywlawrence2666
    It Was Fun.
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • 33sykes33
    I forgot everything.
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • roger_g
    Teases the mind in to working
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • mw111175
    I KNEW MORE THAN I EXPECTED TO.
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Florisa
    refreshing poetry knowledge, great!
    LikeReply 22 years ago
  • Kossyifediata
    8/10! This is brainstorming.
    A very nice one.
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • alinsky101
    Multiple choice always makes these a bit easier. I didn't know that Langston Hughes wrote Dreams but worked it out by a process of elimination. But I will go and read it now so mission accomplished I'd say! 
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • kaleidoscopickat
    10/10 since I'm a college English teacher!
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    These quizzes are interesting but give me a break, who is a poet expert ?
    Most of the names I have never heard of ! Just lucky guessing which means nothing. !
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • ocmack
    Enjoyable. An enjoyable method to teach some of the complexities of poetry and familiarize with some of the poets of the past.
    LikeReply 42 years ago
  • Ghat1980
    9/10 on two of the quizzes I’m a beast making poetry my feast so who wants to say I cheat? Done in 2min20sec as Edgar raven pec i erect tall from my success!!!
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • Texaspoetish67
    This is a good exercise for showing that you don’t have to know much about poetry to write poetry.
    LikeReply 22 years ago
  • Johnex
    I got 4/10 , it wasn't that easy because not every poem there I have access, I just did more of guessing it
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Hya
    A good measure of knowledge of poets and poetry.
    LikeReply 22 years ago
  • ifumiehigiator
    I got six out of ten. Still learning.
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Madeyin'sPetry
    Cooooooool
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • UJ
    I got 10/10 but I cheated. I had to look up 4 of them because I had no idea. Also another 4 because I was not 100% sure {but I was right on my guess}. So I really only 100% knew 2 {the first 2}.
    LikeReply 42 years ago
  • miral
    This is amazing but I am not too much to poetry
    This is my first time of writing something
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • tiffyshell88
    10/10 but it took me almost 5 minutes. Lots of thinking went into this one.
    LikeReply 52 years ago
    • Skies
      let's be cool
      LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Adora
    So mind challenging
    LikeReply 42 years ago
  • ronm.95906
    Good. The old poetry.com ended up not letting me submit my work. This one does.
    LikeReply 32 years ago
    • Soulwriter
      Glad to have you with us
      LikeReply 32 years ago
  • frankie1129a
    A lot of these questions have nothing to do on how we connect with our poetry
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • Lunasolaris
    10/10.. And i love William Blake..
    LikeReply 22 years ago
  • jackversion9
    Bloody hell, this was challenging
    LikeReply 42 years ago
    • Elrose_
      i got 3 out of 10, calm down :v
      LikeReply 22 years ago
  • L.Piddlepuck
    6 out of 10 but accidentally hit wrong on two, so, 8 out of 10 not bad.
    LikeReply 22 years ago
  • Gomes
    Very interesting...
    LikeReply 22 years ago
  • ErickGarcia0415
    Fun and informative.
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • jordaliza_g
    It is tooooo hard
    LikeReply 32 years ago
    • Soulwriter
      haha I love a good challenge ;)
      LikeReply 22 years ago
  • erica_s
    WOW!!!
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • joseluis_v
    Marvelous way yo increase knowledge
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • benbulu
    With a score of 70% (7 out of 10), I did fairly well; but I still have to learn a lot about poetry and poets.
    LikeReply 32 years ago
  • p_batteate
    Great idea and fun.
    LikeReply 43 years ago
  • smhargis26
    It is suddenly apparent that I know very little about the history of the art of poetry. study now I shall..
    LikeReply 43 years ago
  • gigicrawford
    I hold fast to my dreams indeed. It's been a while since writing a poem. 1 of my favorite subjects in high school was "Creative Writing". The test was fun and better than school test for sure. Let's you know to read more & more for the art of poetry ! 
    LikeReply 33 years ago
  • merdibakembo2
    I love this, it's really a good knowledge testing ❤️
    LikeReply 43 years ago
  • heavenscrown17
    I love this getting to master other poems
    LikeReply 43 years ago
  • CrystalClover7
    Made me realize I need to read more.
    LikeReply 53 years ago
    • Msbbosox
      agree wholeheartedly!
      LikeReply 12 years ago
  • Eibhlinn2020
    Fun...
    LikeReply 33 years ago
  • clowney04
    It was fun. I haven't had those kinds of questions since high school
    LikeReply 43 years ago
  • sue_m
    Crazy addictive!
    LikeReply 53 years ago
  • Brown_Sketchys
    I really loved it. Full of fun.
    Good initiative
    LikeReply 53 years ago
  • MegaMoguls
    Wow! You can tell I graduated 20 years ago!
    LikeReply 53 years ago
  • Butterfly3
    This is addictive!
    LikeReply 53 years ago
  • Butterfly3
    It was definitely fun & a challenge! :)
    LikeReply 33 years ago
  • Brandyswells67
    I enjoyed it
    LikeReply 33 years ago
  • shamanistique
    It's been a while since I tapped into the poetic side of life.
    LikeReply 33 years ago

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