Poetry or Lyrics? Take This Quiz and Find Out You’ve Been Quoting Taylor Swift as Shakespeare This Whole Time

For centuries, poetry and pop lyrics have been secretly dating behind literature’s back. They both love dramatic metaphors, heartbreak, cosmic imagery, and saying "forever" like it’s easy. Sometimes a line sounds so profound you swear it’s Shakespeare or Wordsworth… until you realize it’s from a chorus you screamed in the car last week. This quiz will test your ability to separate timeless verses from chart-topping bangers. We’ve collected 40 lines that could belong in an anthology or on Spotify’s Top 50. Can you tell the difference between a sonnet and a bridge? Are you secretly quoting Taylor Swift in your English essays? Let’s find out if you’re a poet, a Swiftie, or just very confused.