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Down: 1) The attitude a writer takes towards the subject, character or audience2) A rhythmical pattern determined by the number of stresses or beats in each line of a poem3) The goal of the poem; the reason it was written6) A formal lyric poem with a serious theme7) The speed of utterance, how quickly or slowly the language moves through the poem9) A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables10) A repeated sound, word, phrase, line, or group of lines (a chorus)11) Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme13) Repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words (ex. The child of mine was lying on her side & fleet, deep, heed)15) A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis16) A comparison of two unlike things using like,as, than, resembles17) A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing becomes another18) In poetry, the line is a unit chosen by the poet, and it has certain effects on the reader. Those effects include: speed of reading (especially when other pacing elements are used), meaning, and emphasis. A poem’s pacing can be determined by line break or punctuation. In poetry, punctuation works differently than most other forms of writing. A poet uses punctuation not so much for grammatical correctness but rather for effect. In a poem, the use of a comma or a period or using neither can change the meaning completely. Choices of punctuation, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks are placed under the category of full stops. Commas, semi colons, ellipses and dashes are placed under the category of short pauses.20) A poem that tells a story. It contains characters and a plot21) A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit22) Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally25) Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme29) A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure30) A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed)31) a group of syllables forming the basic unit of verse meter Across: 4) A poem that laments the death of a person or thing, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful5) A poem whose shape suggests the subject of the poem8) Similar to alliteration but the repetition of similar consonant sounds can be at the beginning or end of the word (but are especially at the ends of words, as in lost and past or confess and dismiss)12) A successive pair of lines of poetry that are usually rhymed14) Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a spoken or written language18) A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme aabba. The 1st, 2nd ,and 5th line have 9 syllables and the 3rd and 4th lines have 6 syllables. Traditionally, the first line introduces a person and a place (There once was a boy from Lindero)19) A fourteen line lyric poem with a single theme. These poems vary, but they are usually written in iambic pentameter, following two traditional patterns23) Language that appeals to one or more of the senses24) Poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter26) Use of words that imitate sound27) A comparison that is developed throughout the course of the work28) Repetition of beginning sounds, usually consonants32) Highly musical poem (beautiful language) that expresses the feelings or thoughts of the speaker rather than telling a story; creates a single, unified impression33) Figure of speech where an animal or inanimate object is given human characteristics34) A song or poem that tells a story35) Repetition of sounds at the end of words36) The use, more than once, of a sound, word, phrase, line, etc.
 

 

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