Famous Poets & Poems (Middle School Quiz Bowl)

Known for his poem "The Road Not Taken", this poet is celebrated for his depictions of rural life. Who is he?

• Robert Frost

• Langston Hughes

• Ezra Pound

• Allen Ginsberg

This poet wrote the narrative poem, "The Highwayman". He published his first book of poetry when he was 21 years old. He became a teacher at Princeton University

• John Keats

• Alfred, Lord Tennyson

• Alfred Noyes

• W.E.B. Du Bois

Answer explanation

Alfred Noyes is the poet who wrote "The Highwayman" and published his first book at 21. He later became a teacher at Princeton University, distinguishing him from the other poets listed.

Who was the poet pictured here? She wrote "Hope is a Thing with Feathers".

• Maya Angelou

• Jane Eyre

• Janis Joplin

• Emily Dickenson

Answer explanation

The poet who wrote "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" is Emily Dickinson. She is known for her unique style and themes of hope and nature, distinguishing her from the other choices listed.

This poet is famous for his sonnet "Ozymandias" and was a major figure in the Romantic movement. Who is he?

• John Keats

• William Wordsworth

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Lord Byron

This poet wrote "The Tyger" and is known for his visionary and mystical works. Who is he?

• William Wordsworth

• William Blake

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• John Milton

This poet is known for his work "The Waste Land" and is considered one of the most important figures in modernist poetry. Who is he?

• T.S. Eliot

• Robert Frost

• Ezra Pound

• W.B. Yeats

This poet is known for his work "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and is a key figure in the Romantic movement. Who is he?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• William Wordsworth

• John Keats

• Lord Byron

This poet is known for his epic poem "The Divine Comedy" and is considered one of the greatest Italian poets. Who is he?

• Dante Alighieri

• Giovanni Boccaccio

• Petrarch

• Virgil

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.", is a famous line from one of his Sonnets, who is this poet?

• Walt Whitman

• Daniel Defoe

• William Shakespeare

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

Answer explanation

The line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." is from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, making him the correct answer among the choices provided.

This poet is famous for his work "The Canterbury Tales" and is often referred to as the Father of English literature. Who is he?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• John Milton

• William Blake

• Thomas Hardy