Poetry Puzzle
Across
- 2. poem relies heavily on dramatic elements such as monologue speech by a single character
- 6. compares two unlike things using "like or as"
- 7. is poetry that does not use regular rhyme, meter, or stanza divesion
- 8. gives human traits to nonhuman things
- 9. is a lyric poem on a serious theme, usually with varying line lengths and complex stanzas
- 11. is the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end different consonant sounds
- 12. compares two unlike things directly
- 14. is one that tells a story
- 16. is a group of lines in a poem
- 18. is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
- 19. is a poem or mourning usually about someone who has died
- 20. is a regular rhythmic pattern in poetry, as determined by the number of beats, or stresses, in each line
Down
- 1. is writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally
- 3. is a highly musical type of poetry that expresses the emotions of a speaker
- 4. is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive or slightly separated words
- 5. is the repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words or accented syllables as in wind or sound
- 10. feet commonly used in English poetry are as follow
- 13. a major genre of literature, is characterized by imaginative language that is carefully chosen and arranged to communicate experiences, toughts and emotions
- 15. is the pattern of beats or stresses in a line of verse of prose
- 17. is a central message or perception about life revealed through a literally work