Across
- 1. audible pattern in verse established by intervals between stressed syllables
- 3. a comparison using like or as
- 6. group of lines separated from other in a poem
- 8. a poet's departure from the rules of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary used in poetry
- 9. non rhyming iambic pentameter, sometimes called a heroic verse
- 10. six line stanza or the final six lines of a poem
- 14. four line stanza with various rhyme schemes
- 15. repetition of a consonant sound in a series of words in a phrase
- 16. repetition of vowel sounds without repeating the consonants
- 17. vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage deemed appropriate to verses in poetry
- 21. a word that imitates sound
- 22. a line in a poem; a set of words that ends for a reason
Down
- 1. repetition of syllables at the end of a verse line
- 2. non rhyming lines that follow natural rhythms of speech
- 4. the rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
- 5. group of five line in a stanza
- 7. repetition of words at the beginning of a line, usually used in political speeches
- 11. poetic unit of three lines
- 12. brief reference to a historical movement
- 13. describes a non-human thing as if it were a person
- 18. a comparison that is made directly, without like or as
- 19. demonstrates other traits such as symbols; a poet's style of poetry
- 20. pair of successive rhyming words