Famous poets
Poetry Terms
quotes and miscellaneous
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This American poet wrote "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

Who is Robert Frost?

100

Peter Piper picked a peck..."

What is alliteration?

100

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

Who is William Shakespeare?

200

This poet famously declared, "Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me."

Who is Emily Dickinson?

200

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often about love.

What is a sonnet?

200

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

What is 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe?

300

This Romantic poet wrote "Ode to a Nightingale" and died at the young age of 25.

Who is Emily Dickinson?

300

term describes giving human qualities to non-human things.

What is personification?

300

This English poet wrote Paradise Lost.

Who is John Milton?

400

This modernist poet wrote "The Waste Land," one of the most important poems of the 20th century.

Who is T.S. Eliot?

400

A Japanese form of poetry with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

What is a haiku?

400

This blind Greek poet is credited with composing The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Who is Homer?