Across
2. A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful.
3. Couplet A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.
4. A very short, witty poem.
7. A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite.
10. The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds.
11. A lyric poem that is 14 lines long.
16. Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem.
17. Telling a story.
18. Verse Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
20. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word “like” or “as”.
21. The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word.
24. A light, humorous poem of five usually anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba.
27. A stanza or poem of four lines.
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1. The system of rhyme and meter in poetry.
5. A figure of speech, such as a metaphor or metonymy, in which words are not used in their literal sense but in a figurative sense.
6. A single metrical line of poetry or just poetry in general.
8. A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds.
9. A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes.
12. A poem that tells a story similar to folk tale or a legend.
13. Pentameter A type of meter poetry, in which there are five iambs to a limb.
14. A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
15. A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a precise formal structure.
19. A long serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure.
22. Verse Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
23. May resemble a song in form of style.
25. The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words.
26. A pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought.
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