October 2026 edition

Poetry quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
How many lines does a sonnet have?
ATen
BTwelve
CFourteen
DSixteen
104 pts+10

How much do you really know about poetry? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from limericks and love poems to villanelles and ancient epics.

Poetry · October 2026 edition

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Q4 / 50Opener
Which poet wrote 'The Raven'?
AEdgar Allan Poe
BWalt Whitman
CRobert Frost
DEmily Dickinson

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerNursery rhymes, limericks and famous poets
2EasyLove poems, sonnets and Shakespeare
3TrickyRomantic poets, war poets and haiku
4HardMeter, rhyme schemes and epic poems
5BrutalGhazals, tanka and the Pyramid Texts
Poetry titlesout of 500
Lines for the ages50 / 50
Poet laureate350+
Prize winner275+
Published poet200+
First pamphlet100+
Open mic1+
Writer's block0

44 of 50 right · six short of Lines for the ages

You vs Amara BPoetry · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Amara
Who wrote the poem 'Ozymandias'?
Percy Bysshe Shelley✓GBKB
John Keats
Lord Byron
William Wordsworth

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No time to polish a stanza.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which poet wrote 'The Raven'?

The ramp

Gentle verse, then a steep climb.

Five rounds of ten, each one harder than the last.

Titles

Rise to the laurel.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Writer's block if you score nothing, Lines for the ages if you get every question right.

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See who was word perfect.

Review every question and see how your friends answered. Did they know who wrote 'Ozymandias'?

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