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