Poetic Devices - Maria L

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Across
  1. 2. A harsh series of sounds used to convey a state of anarchy eg. Breakers crashed onto jagged rocks and clawed the sands with brutal strikes, pummeling the beach
  2. 5. A figure of speech where a part of something is referred to as the whole thing, or the entire thing is used to refer to only a part of it
  3. 6. A varying number of 4 line stanzas with repeating lines throughout
  4. 8. The representation of hidden meanings through poems, pictures and stories
  5. 12. A 19 line poem with 2 rhymes used throughout
  6. 13. A seemingly contradictoty statement that, when investigated, involves a hidden truth
  7. 14. A once clever statement, that since has been overused and therefore outdated eg. And they all lived happily ever after
  8. 15. The combination of a harmonious words that are pleasant to hear
Down
  1. 1. The description of a sense through the use of a different sense eg. Silence is sweet
  2. 3. A 15 line poem with 2 rhymes used throughout
  3. 4. The continuation of a line in a verse into the next line without a pause
  4. 7. A short poem of 8 lines with only 2 rhymes used throughout
  5. 9. 2 words put together that contradict eachother eg. Pretty ugly, deafening silence
  6. 10. A figure of speech that makes reference to something without directly mentioning it eg. "He's such a Romeo"
  7. 11. Where a word or phrase is substituted with another word intimately associated with it