Famous Lyric Poems
Welcome to the Lyric Poems Quiz! Test your knowledge of some of the most famous lyric poems in literature.
Questions
Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "The Raven"?
- Edgar Allan Poe
- William Wordsworth
- Robert Frost
- Emily Dickinson
In "Ode to a Nightingale," what does the speaker compare the bird's song to?
- A flowing river
- A distant star
- A summer breeze
- A beautiful woman
Who wrote the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"?
- Dylan Thomas
- Sylvia Plath
- W.H. Auden
- T.S. Eliot
Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Ozymandias"?
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- John Keats
- William Blake
- Lord Byron
In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," what does the speaker compare the woods to?
- A cathedral
- A painting
- A dream
- A song
Who wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"?
- Robert Frost
- Emily Dickinson
- Walt Whitman
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn"?
- John Keats
- William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Lord Byron
In "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be," what does the speaker fear?
- Death
- Loneliness
- Poverty
- Failure
Who wrote the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
- T.S. Eliot
- Ezra Pound
- William Carlos Williams
- Wallace Stevens
Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep"?
- Mary Elizabeth Frye
- Emily Dickinson
- Robert Frost
- Walt Whitman
In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," what does the speaker compare the daffodils to?
- Stars
- Butterflies
- Angels
- Waves
Who wrote the poem "The Waste Land"?
- T.S. Eliot
- Ezra Pound
- William Carlos Williams
- Wallace Stevens
Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
- John Keats
- William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Lord Byron
In "The Raven," what does the speaker repeatedly say?
- Nevermore
- Quoth the raven
- Lenore
- Darkness
Who wrote the poem "The Second Coming"?
- William Butler Yeats
- T.S. Eliot
- Ezra Pound
- Wallace Stevens