Across
- 2. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- 3. a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
- 4. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
- 8. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- 9. a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
- 12. verse poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
- 13. In music, an octave (Latin: octaves: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) is the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency.
- 14. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
- 16. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
- 17. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- 19. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
- 20. a poem of fourteen lines using any of several formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Down
- 1. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
- 5. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
- 6. poetry tells stories through verse.
- 7. a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
- 10. a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
- 11. (In verse) a five-line stanza.
- 15. a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
- 18. stop oneself from doing something.