Poetry Puzzle
Across
- 2. A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.
- 5. The continuation of a sentence, clause, or thought from one line of poetry to the next without a pause or end punctuation.
- 6. A mournful, reflective poem lamenting the loss of someone or something.
- 7. A traditional poetic form consisting of 14 lines
- 9. A form of verse or song that tells a story.
- 11. The strong, regular, and repeated pattern of sound.
- 12. A deliberate, natural pause, break, or pivot in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 14. The most well known English playwright, poet and actor.
- 15. A poetic metre where each line of verse contains exactly five rhythmic units, called "feet"
- 17. A poetic term for a stanza containing exactly four lines.
- 18. A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
- 19. A formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and celebrates a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
- 20. 2 consecutive lines of verse that typically rhyme and share the same metre.
Down
- 1. The rhythmic structure of verses in a poem, created by the organised arrangement of stressed (louder/longer) and unstressed (softer/shorter) syllables.
- 3. A poem in which the first letter of each line or stanza follows sequentially through the alphabet.
- 4. A grouped set of lines within a poem, typically set apart from others by a blank line or indentation.
- 8. An English Romantic poet who helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.
- 10. A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically.
- 13. A poetic device where a sentence or clause continues across a line break or stanza without punctuation.
- 16. The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the end of words (e.g., “the cat in the hat”)