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Famous lines of poetry

Do you know the poet?


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Each of us have our own favorite poetry lines which would have left an indelible mark in our mind. We use these verses as our life's compass or as a soothsaying messages. Here are few famous lines of poems we have picked. Try whether you can identify the poet behind these lines. Have fun!

 


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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."

Who wrote this poem?

a. Robert Frost
b. William Shakespeare
c. Joyce Kilmer
d. Samuel Taylor Coolridge
e. Rudyard Kipling

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"Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink."

Who wrote this poem?

a. Robert Frost
b. William Shakespeare
c. Joyce Kilmer
d. Samuel Taylor Coolridge
e. Rudyard Kipling


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"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree."

Who wrote this poem?

a. Robert Frost
b. William Shakespeare
c. Joyce Kilmer
d. Samuel Taylor Coolridge
e. Rudyard Kipling


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"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts"

Who wrote this poem?

a. Robert Frost
b. William Shakespeare
c. Joyce Kilmer
d. Samuel Taylor Coolridge
e. Rudyard Kipling


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"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you."

Who wrote this poem?

a. Robert Frost
b. William Shakespeare
c. Joyce Kilmer
d. Samuel Taylor Coolridge
e. Rudyard Kipling

 


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