Poetry and Figurative Language Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. verse with rhythm but no consistent pattern of stresses
  2. 7. repetition of first sound in a consecutive series
  3. 8. addressing objects in the second person
  4. 10. poetic verse in iambic pentameter
  5. 11. seventeen syllables, three lines
  6. 12. five line nonsense poem
  7. 14. giving human qualities to non humans
  8. 17. part of something representing the whole
  9. 18. folk song or story, intended to be sung
  10. 19. suggested meaning of a word
  11. 23. deliberate exaggeration
  12. 24. implied wide general truths about human experience
  13. 26. poem that tells a story
  14. 27. comparison using like or as
  15. 28. diction that suggests the poet's attitude
  16. 29. poem that mimicks a serious poem for humourous effect
Down
  1. 1. rhyme with in a single line of poetry
  2. 2. placing opposites next to each other for effect
  3. 4. expression of emotion or thought
  4. 5. insulting, not praising
  5. 6. dictionary meaning of a word
  6. 9. long poem with serious theme and heroic deeds
  7. 13. under representing the facts
  8. 14. play on words
  9. 15. sound imitates what is being described
  10. 16. poem with 14 lines and 140 syllables
  11. 19. poem with an important visual component
  12. 20. opposite of what is expected
  13. 21. poem for someone's death
  14. 22. reference to something else, some familiar
  15. 25. direct comparison