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Poetry Cryptogram

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Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

R = D T = E Q = A

Letter Frequency:

G:4R:4V:3O:3T:3K:2Q:2S:2Z:1L:1C:1U:1F:1N:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A YELLOW WOOD”

— Robert Frost

Full Substitution Key:

CipherCFGKLNOQRSTUVZ
PlainVNORSYIADLEGWT

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

J = E N = I T = O

Letter Frequency:

M:5J:4Y:4N:3X:2T:1U:1S:1L:1B:1K:1F:1W:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS”

— Emily Dickinson

Full Substitution Key:

CipherBFJKLMNSTUWXY
PlainWAEFGHINOPRST

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

R = E Z = M Y = L

Letter Frequency:

N:4R:4F:3Z:3U:2Y:2B:2E:2G:2V:1P:1C:1H:1Q:1L:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMERS DAY”

— William Shakespeare

Full Substitution Key:

CipherBCEFGHLNPQRUVYZ
PlainOPRSTUYACDEHILM

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

F = O R = A U = D

Letter Frequency:

E:3F:2V:2R:2Z:2U:2I:2T:1L:1G:1D:1X:1Y:1K:1P:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY”

— Edgar Allan Poe

Full Substitution Key:

CipherDEFGIKLPRTUVXYZ
PlainMNOPRTUYACDEGHI

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

G = D O = L R = O

Letter Frequency:

D:3G:3H:3O:3Q:2R:2L:1Z:1U:1B:1V:1F:1X:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD”

— William Wordsworth

Full Substitution Key:

CipherBDFGHLOQRUVXZ
PlainYACDEILNORSUW

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

F = T X = L N = B

Letter Frequency:

Q:6F:6T:3X:2U:2N:2G:2K:2R:2I:1P:1S:1Z:1M:1A:1D:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“WE DELIGHT IN THE BEAUTY OF THE BUTTERFLY”

— Maya Angelou

Full Substitution Key:

CipherADFGIKMNPQRSTUXZ
PlainORTUWYABDEFGHILN

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

L = O X = A O = R

Letter Frequency:

A:4L:3C:3X:3P:3O:3B:3Q:2J:2F:2E:1I:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“HOLD FAST TO DREAMS FOR IF DREAMS DIE”

— Langston Hughes

Full Substitution Key:

CipherABCEFIJLOPQX
PlainDEFHILMORSTA

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

X = R U = O Y = S

Letter Frequency:

K:5X:3R:2U:2O:2Y:2J:2S:1E:1B:1Q:1G:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE”

— Robert Burns

Full Substitution Key:

CipherBEGJKOQRSUXY
PlainVYADEIKLMORS

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

D = O X = I S = D

Letter Frequency:

I:6D:5T:4X:3C:3S:3H:2G:1K:1Z:1U:1P:1N:1A:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“TO STRIVE TO SEEK TO FIND AND NOT TO YIELD”

— Alfred Tennyson

Full Substitution Key:

CipherACDGHIKNPSTUXZ
PlainLNORSTVYADEFIK

Instructions: Each letter below stands for a different letter. Decode the substitution cipher to reveal the famous quote. A hint and letter frequency table are provided.

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Hint — Starter Letters:

T = R A = Y D = B

Letter Frequency:

I:4T:4V:3A:2G:2D:2P:2K:2W:1J:1

Substitution Tracker:

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Answer Key

Decoded Quote:

“TYGER TYGER BURNING BRIGHT”

— William Blake

Full Substitution Key:

CipherADGIJKPTVW
PlainYBEGHINRTU

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