Understanding the Genre of Poetry

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Across
  1. 2. – the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem
  2. 5. – poems in which there is an undefined speaker; often highly personal, emotional and contemplative
  3. 6. – a poem of fourteen lines, with a prescribed rhyme scheme; written in iambic pentameter
  4. 8. Narrative – a character tells a story speaking from first-person perspective and recounts a personal experience
  5. 9. - – a foot of three syllables; a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable
  6. 13. – involves words that sound like their meanings-that imitate actual sounds
  7. 18. – the repetition of like vowel sounds in words in close proximity
  8. 20. – a foot of two syllables; a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
  9. 21. – a general type of lyric written in the present tense which unlike the sonnet, has no specifically defined form; the persona is describing an object, an event or a private experience as if it is present or happening now.
  10. 23. – the repetition of identical consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words in close proximity
  11. 25. – one character speaks to another silent character
  12. 26. – a serious lyric poem written in memory of someone-often someone famous-who has died
  13. 28. - a foot of three syllables; a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
Down
  1. 1. – written in past tense and the persona is remembering or reliving an experience or event
  2. 3. tale – a relatively long poem which tells a completely developed story in verse; it can be the length of a short story or a novel
  3. 4. – the repletion of like consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds
  4. 7. – a foot of two unstressed syllables
  5. 10. – a special category of lyric poetry; it may be written in many forms just described and reads like an autobiography in verse.
  6. 11. – a tightly metered poem; usually read with a rhythmic beat and is characterized by stark images, repetitive words and often has refrains
  7. 12. – its central feature is the story is being told; the speaker tells the story in the third-person perspective in the past tense
  8. 14. a foot containing two stressed syllables
  9. 15. – a very long narrative which centers on the accomplishments of a traditional or historical hero who faces or meets trials in order to aid a race or a nation
  10. 16. – a relatively long lyric poem, often celebrating a specific occasion or praising an object or idea; the idea is written in a very elevated, sophisticated style of language
  11. 17. – a clearly defined character speaks but not to himself; the character is alone-no one but the speaker is responding or reacting to the words being spoken
  12. 18. – a foot of three syllables; an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable
  13. 19. – an element of poetry which helps to unify a poem by keeping thought groups together; it exists when words have the same succeeding sounds with different preceding sounds
  14. 22. Color – the repetition of like sounds throughout a poem
  15. 24. – a foot of three syllables; two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
  16. 27. – a foot of two syllables; an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable