Poetry Terms Crossword by Rey Valdez
Across
- 2. The measured flow of stressed and unstressed syllables
- 4. A repetition of consonant sounds
- 7. A group of two lines with the same ending rhyme
- 8. A group of lines in a poem separated by a space (similar to a paragraph)
- 10. A lyric type poem that uses ABAB rhythm
- 13. A line verse of 10 syllables, each consisting of one stressed followed by one unstressed syllable
- 14. A Japanese verse 3 line poem that has 5 syllables on first and 3rd line, and 7 syllables on the second line
- 15. When two words sound similar in at least two lines (typically at the end)
- 16. Verse with zero structure (no rhymes or patterns)
- 17. A poem with 14 lines that express a complete thought (also uses iambic parameter)
- 18. A formal type of poetry that expresses feelings and emotions while including some musical rhythm
Down
- 1. A type of poetry that tells a story from the narrator
- 3. A lengthy type of narrative poem about heroic actions
- 5. A repetition of the same vowel sounds being used (also known as vowel rhyme)
- 6. A verse that rhymes but no patterns
- 8. When words have a similar rhyme sound, but not identical
- 9. A type of poetry that uses dramatic dialogue or monologue
- 11. Identical, stressed full rhyme with the same consonants and vowels
- 12. A pair of stressed and unstressed syllables
- 19. A poetic device intended to repeat a phrase or object to create repetition (in the same positioning in different stanzas)