Across
- 2. the city to which Romeo flees after being banished.
- 4. a 14-line Shakespearian poem
- 7. Prince of Verona
- 9. a synonym for “ill-fated” (as in “ill-fated” lovers)
- 10. an introduction or preface in a play performed by a chorus
- 11. two lines of verse with a rhyme scheme
- 14. the name of the theater on the south bank of the River Thames
- 15. four lines of verse with a rhyme scheme
- 16. the basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry
Down
- 1. the child of Lord Montague
- 2. another Shakespeare play known as "The Scottish Play"
- 3. the first character to die in Romeo and Juliet
- 5. Romeo's best friend and voice of reason
- 6. Aanother Shakespeare play with the Prince of Denmark
- 8. a person who paid one penny to stand in “the pit” at plays
- 10. witty verbal irony involving a play on words with more than one meaning
- 12. the “Prince of Cats”
- 13. the child of Lord Capulet