Poetry Crossword
Across
- 2. When two opposites are mentioned in close proximity.
- 5. When the middle vowel sounds of a pair of words rhyme.
- 6. A poem that tells a story. It usually consists of a series of quatrains.
- 8. The titles of text suggest the subject being dealt with by the composer; the title P__________ the subject.
- 11. When the start of a pair of words rhyme.
- 12. This word is use to describe how a poem has a musical quality.
- 13. A technique where something is described as another thing.
- 14. When you start successive clauses (sentence chunks) in the same, repetitive way: 'Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!'
Down
- 1. When the poem 'presses enter' to highlight what they leave in a line. This also goes toward shaping the sound of a line.
- 3. A technique where something is described as another thing, but using the words 'like' or 'as'.
- 4. A fourteen line poem that typically contains ten syllables per line. They are usually used to express emotion.
- 7. When different things are mentioned in close proximity so that differences between them can be seen.
- 9. This technique is when you mix up the senses in a description, for example: 'the music smelt wonderful as it wafted out of the theatre.'
- 10. A kind of metaphor where you see the thing identified by one of its parts.