Poetic Terminology
Across
- 4. When a writer uses a word or phrase more than once
- 5. A'paragraph' of a poem - the sections a poem is broken up into
- 7. A type of rhyme that follows the rhyme scheme ABAB
- 8. A stanza with 2 lines
- 10. A stop or pause in the middle of a line of poetry, usually signposted by a full stop, semicolon or colon.
Down
- 1. A figure of speech in which directly contradicting or contrasting words appear next to each other, such as 'heavy lightness', 'cold fire', 'sick health'
- 2. The voice of the persona or 'character' in the poem
- 3. The repetition of an 's' sound in a poem, to create a 'hissing' effect
- 6. A stanza with 4 lines
- 7. The repetition of a vowel sound
- 9. The person who writes the poem