Across
- 2. – the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem
- 5. – poems in which there is an undefined speaker; often highly personal, emotional and contemplative
- 6. – a poem of fourteen lines, with a prescribed rhyme scheme; written in iambic pentameter
- 8. Narrative – a character tells a story speaking from first-person perspective and recounts a personal experience
- 9. - – a foot of three syllables; a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable
- 13. – involves words that sound like their meanings-that imitate actual sounds
- 18. – the repetition of like vowel sounds in words in close proximity
- 20. – a foot of two syllables; a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
- 21. – a general type of lyric written in the present tense which unlike the sonnet, has no specifically defined form; the persona is describing an object, an event or a private experience as if it is present or happening now.
- 23. – the repetition of identical consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words in close proximity
- 25. – one character speaks to another silent character
- 26. – a serious lyric poem written in memory of someone-often someone famous-who has died
- 28. - a foot of three syllables; a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
Down
- 1. – written in past tense and the persona is remembering or reliving an experience or event
- 3. tale – a relatively long poem which tells a completely developed story in verse; it can be the length of a short story or a novel
- 4. – the repletion of like consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds
- 7. – a foot of two unstressed syllables
- 10. – a special category of lyric poetry; it may be written in many forms just described and reads like an autobiography in verse.
- 11. – a tightly metered poem; usually read with a rhythmic beat and is characterized by stark images, repetitive words and often has refrains
- 12. – its central feature is the story is being told; the speaker tells the story in the third-person perspective in the past tense
- 14. a foot containing two stressed syllables
- 15. – a very long narrative which centers on the accomplishments of a traditional or historical hero who faces or meets trials in order to aid a race or a nation
- 16. – a relatively long lyric poem, often celebrating a specific occasion or praising an object or idea; the idea is written in a very elevated, sophisticated style of language
- 17. – a clearly defined character speaks but not to himself; the character is alone-no one but the speaker is responding or reacting to the words being spoken
- 18. – a foot of three syllables; an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable
- 19. – an element of poetry which helps to unify a poem by keeping thought groups together; it exists when words have the same succeeding sounds with different preceding sounds
- 22. Color – the repetition of like sounds throughout a poem
- 24. – a foot of three syllables; two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
- 27. – a foot of two syllables; an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable