Across
- 3. verse with rhythm but no consistent pattern of stresses
- 7. repetition of first sound in a consecutive series
- 8. addressing objects in the second person
- 10. poetic verse in iambic pentameter
- 11. seventeen syllables, three lines
- 12. five line nonsense poem
- 14. giving human qualities to non humans
- 17. part of something representing the whole
- 18. folk song or story, intended to be sung
- 19. suggested meaning of a word
- 23. deliberate exaggeration
- 24. implied wide general truths about human experience
- 26. poem that tells a story
- 27. comparison using like or as
- 28. diction that suggests the poet's attitude
- 29. poem that mimicks a serious poem for humourous effect
Down
- 1. rhyme with in a single line of poetry
- 2. placing opposites next to each other for effect
- 4. expression of emotion or thought
- 5. insulting, not praising
- 6. dictionary meaning of a word
- 9. long poem with serious theme and heroic deeds
- 13. under representing the facts
- 14. play on words
- 15. sound imitates what is being described
- 16. poem with 14 lines and 140 syllables
- 19. poem with an important visual component
- 20. opposite of what is expected
- 21. poem for someone's death
- 22. reference to something else, some familiar
- 25. direct comparison