Across |
1. | A stanza or poem of four lines. |
7. | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. |
9. | The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds |
10. | A verse, stanza, or poem written in iambs. |
15. | A poem that tells a story and has a plot |
16. | To be similar in sound, especially at the last syllable(s) |
18. | Italian poet, scholar, and humanist who is famous for Canzoniere, a collection of love lyrics. |
19. | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing |
20. | A comparison between two things using "is" or "was" (not using "like" or "as") |
21. | Any letter(s) other than vowels in the alphabet |
22. | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. |
25. | The act of relating to William Shakespeare or his works |
27. | A comparison between two things using "like" or "as" |
28. | Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern. |
30. | A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter. |
31. | A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes. |
32. | A short poem of songlike quality. |
33. | A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |