Poetry Terminology Review

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Across
  1. 2. Recurring pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem
  2. 4. Comparison btwn 2 unlike things using a form of "to be"
  3. 5. Addressing something invisible or not usu. spoken to
  4. 8. What the poem is "about"
  5. 9. repetition of near or identical sounds at the ends of words
  6. 12. Contains one stressed and one unstressed syllable
  7. 13. Comparison btwn 2 unlike things using like, as, resembles
  8. 15. Discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
  9. 17. Word choice
  10. 19. Associations words carry apart from literal meaning
  11. 21. The fixed rhythm in a poem
  12. 22. A part of a thing stands for the whole
  13. 24. The name of the thing stands for the thing itself
  14. 25. Brief reference in a poem to a person, place, or thing
  15. 26. Bitter irony intended to hurt or mock its target
Down
  1. 1. Dictionary or literal meanings of words
  2. 3. Contains one stressed and one unstressed syllable
  3. 6. A thing or animal is given human characteristics
  4. 7. Type of poetry whose purpose is to tell a story
  5. 10. Exaggeration for effect
  6. 11. Two seemingly contradictory ideas that actually make sense
  7. 14. Words that refer to what we can perceive with senses
  8. 16. Author's attitude toward the material
  9. 18. Central idea of a poem stated as a complete sentence
  10. 20. Words that express ideas or concepts
  11. 23. Poetry designed to express feelings of a single speaker