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Famous Poems trivia quiz

Think you know Famous Poems? Prove it against a real opponent. QuizDown has over 120 Famous Poems questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Famous Poems questions cover

  • Modernism
  • Romanticism
  • American Poetry
  • Metaphysical
  • American
  • Romantic
  • Victorian Poetry
  • Victorian
  • Confessional Poetry
  • Gothic
  • Irish Poetry
  • Beat Poetry

Try three Famous Poems questions

Question 1

Who wrote the poem commonly known as "Daffodils"?

  1. William Wordsworth
  2. Percy Shelley
  3. John Keats
  4. Lord Byron
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William Wordsworth

Question 2

Who wrote the narrative poem featuring a talking bird that repeats "Nevermore"?

  1. Walt Whitman
  2. Edgar Allan Poe
  3. Robert Frost
  4. Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Edgar Allan Poe

Question 3

Which poet wrote "The Road Not Taken"?

  1. Langston Hughes
  2. Carl Sandburg
  3. Robert Frost
  4. Walt Whitman
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Robert Frost

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Famous Poems match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Famous Poems questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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