Poetry Trivia

25+ Best Poetry Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: June 15th, 2023

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Explore the enchanting world of poetry with these captivating trivia questions. From famous poets to iconic verses, challenge your poetic prowess and uncover the beauty of words!

Easy

Question: Charles Baudelaire is one of the most famous poets from which country?

Answer: France

Question: Poet Pablo Neruda is from which country?

Answer: Chile

Question: What flowers grow in Flanders Fields, according to the John McCrae poem?

Answer: Poppies

Question: Which animal is described as 'sleekit, cowrin' and timorous' by Robert Burns?

Answer: Mouse

Question: Wilfred Owen's poetry is mostly associated with which conflict?

Answer: World War 1

Question: What age was Percy Bysshe Shelley when he died in 1822?

Answer: 29

Question: What two letter word is the title of one of Rudyard Kipling's most famous poems?

Answer: If

Question: The darling buds of which month are mentioned by Shakespeare in sonnet 18?

Answer: May

Question: Jabberwocky' is a nonsense poem by which famous writer?

Answer: Lewis Carroll

Question: Dante's epic poem 'The Divine Comedy' was written in which century?

Answer: 14th

Question: Which successful musical is based on the poems of TS Eliot?

Answer: Cats

Medium

Question: What is the first name of French poet Baudelaire?

Answer: Charles

Question: Poet Robert Burns is most associated with which country?

Answer: Scotland

Question: American poet Edgar Allen Poe wrote a famous poem about which type of bird?

Answer: Raven

Question: Which English poet wrote 'Ozymandias'?

Answer: Shelley

Question: A type of five line humorous poem is named after which Irish city?

Answer: Limerick

Question: Epic poem 'Beowulf' is set in which part of the world?

Answer: Scandinavia

Question: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is divided into how many parts?

Answer: 7

Question: Haiku is a form of poetry from which country?

Answer: Japan

Hard

Question: Which American wrote the inspirational poem called 'Still I Rise'?

Answer: Maya Angelou

Question: Poet Pablo Neruda was from which country?

Answer: Chile

Question: William Wordsworth wrote a poem about wandering lonely as a what?

Answer: Cloud

Question: Who wrote the poem which starts 'Tyger, tyger burning bright'?

Answer: William Blake

Question: The Bell Jar' was the only novel by which famous poet?

Answer: Sylvia Plath

Question: What is the name for a group of lines within a poem?

Answer: Stanza