Across
- 3. a statement which appears to be self-contradictory or absurd yet makes good sense
- 5. the use of a word or phrase which represents some greater thing beyond itself
- 9. exaggeration for the sake of effect
- 11. understatement for effect, often ironic; the opposite of hyperbole
- 12. agrouping of lines in poem, set off by a space in the printed text
- 14. a contrast or opposition in the meaning of contiguous phrases or clauses
- 15. the use of words which seem to sound like the noises or things which they represent
Down
- 1. the structure, shape and arrangement of a poem
- 2. a building up of ideas of the highest point
- 4. the repetition of speech sounds in a sequence of adjacent words usually beginning consonant sounds
- 6. where an utterance contains two terms that in ordinary usage are opposites
- 7. all the objects and qualities in a poem that strike our senses
- 8. verse short lines of irregular length, lacking rhyme
- 10. verse non-rhyming verse. The form of verse closest to the natural rhythm of spoken English
- 13. the application of a quality or action to something to which it is not applicable in literal terms