Poetry Terms

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Across
  1. 4. A single row of words in a poem Controls rhythm, pacing, and emphasis
  2. 6. A foot with stressed followed by unstressed (DA-dum)
  3. 7. A 14-line poem with specific rhyme/meter rules
  4. 8. A 19-line poem with repeated lines and two rhymes
  5. 9. A line or phrase repeated regularly
  6. 11. A pause in the middle of a line, often by punctuation
  7. 15. A foot with unstressed followed by stressed syllable (da-DUM)
  8. 16. Verse Poetry without regular meter or rhyme
  9. 17. The "turn" or shift in thought in a poem (especially in sonnets)
  10. 18. Two lines that rhyme and usually form a complete thought
Down
  1. 1. A 39-line poem where end-words repeat in a pattern
  2. 2. Verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter
  3. 3. The basic unit of meter (like an iamb or trochee)
  4. 5. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
  5. 7. A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space
  6. 10. When a line breaks without a pause and continues to the next line
  7. 12. A line that ends with punctuation
  8. 13. Scheme The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines (ABAB, AABB, etc.)
  9. 14. Four-line stanza
  10. 19. The voice or character speaking in the poem (not always the poet)