80 Classic Poetry Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress,” what does the speaker say they should do if there were enough time?
Answer
Sit and think which way to walk
In William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, what does the speaker compare the beloved to?
Answer
A summer’s day
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, what title does Macbeth receive after defeating the rebels?
Answer
Thane of Cawdor
In Homer’s Odyssey, what is the name of Odysseus’s wife?
Answer
Penelope
In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, what is the name of Hamlet’s father’s ghost?
Answer
King Hamlet
In Robert Burns’s poem “A Red, Red Rose,” how long does the speaker say his love will last?
Answer
Until the seas go dry
In William Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” in what forest is the tiger burning bright?
Answer
Forests of the night
In Percy Bysshe Shelley’s sonnet “Ozymandias,” what remains of the ruler’s statue in the desert?
Answer
Two vast legs of stone
In Alexander Pope’s “An Essay on Criticism,” which phrase describes a little learning as dangerous?
Answer
A little learning is a dangerous thing
What poetic form did John Milton use for Paradise Lost?
Answer
Blank verse
Which William Wordsworth poem begins with the speaker comparing himself to a lonely cloud?
Answer
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud