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Poetry Trivia to celebrate National Poetry Month
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1
"The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house..." What comes next?
"Too cold to even play."
"All that cold, cold wet day."
"And ate some horse hay."
"All the hours of that sad day."
2
What is the term for poetry inspired by art?
metronystic
ekphrastic
poeartistry
artistic
3
What is the fear of poetry called?
metrophobia
poemapsychosis
poemaphobia
antipoetarydisestablishmentarianism
4
Shakespeare was famous for these fourteen-line poems which ended in a rhyming couplet.
haiku
ode
sonnet
limerick
5
On which U.S. monument would you find "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"?
The 9/11 Memorial
Statue of Liberty
The Lincoln Memorial
Mount Rushmore
6
What is a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a hero?
epic
saga
eulogy
ballad
7
Which famous poet also wrote the short story "The Cask of Amontillado'?
Billy Collins
William Shakespeare
Maya Angelou
Edgar Allan Poe
8
Which line is a perfect example of iambic pentameter?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks"
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
"Tell all the truth but tell it slant"
9
When you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or alive, you are using
alliteration
personification
apostrophe
iambic pentameter
10
When creating a citation in MLA for a poem, what belongs in the ( )?
the poet's last name
the page number of the poem
you do not need ( ) when citing a poem
the line number or numbers from the poem
11
In the television series
Prison Break
, which epic is repeatedly referenced?
the Iliad
Beowulf
the Odyssey
Paradise Lost by John Milton
12
Robert Frost was the first poet to read at an inauguration in 1961. Who was the president?
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
13
In prose writing, we use paragraphs to separate; in poetry, we use ___________?
footnotes
sentences
stanzas
MLA Formatting
14
In the movie
The Blind Side
, what poem does Michael choose as the topic for his final essay?
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Tell All The Truth" by Emily Dickinson
"To An Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
15
In the movie
Interstellar,
from which poem does Professor Brand repeatedly recite the lines?
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
the Odyssey by Homer
Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
16
Which famous poem starts with "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"?
"The Raven"
"Annabel Lee"
"The Odyssey"
"The Road Not Taken"
17
What is the name of the oldest epic poem originally written in English?
the Odyssey
the Iliad
Gilgamesh
Beowulf
18
What is the syllable pattern for writing a haiku?
five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables
five syllables, four syllables, three syllables
three syllables, five syllables, three syllables
seven syllables, nine syllables, seven syllables
19
Which poem title is correct?
"To An Athlete Dying Young"
"To An Athlete Dying Young"
to an athlete dying young
To An Athlete Dying Young
20
What is the name of William Shakespeare's wife?
Beyonce Lemonade
Penelope Smith
Juliet DaFrogue
Anne Hathaway
