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Poetry Terms

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Across:

1.	the poems shape suggests subject
3.	highly musical poem that tells no story
5.	like an extended metaphor
6.	two lines that rhyme
7.	overstatement
11.	giving a non-living object human traits
13.	comparison between two things
14.	two conflicting words used together
15.	song like poem

16.	a play on words
17.	two constrictive lines that rhyme
18.	rhymes that occur within a line
22.	language meant not to be taken literally
23.	words that sound alike
24.	poem that tells story
25.	group of three lines that rhyme
26.	a poem written to praise someone, something, or an event

Down:

2.	a poem about a dead person or thing
4.	repeating word or phrase
5.	same constant beginning sound in two or more words
8.	a sound (BOOM!)
9.	a mental picture
10.	a metaphor that extends to several lines

12.	saying one thing but meaning another
16.	piece of writing that contains two or more poetic elements
17.	Japanese poem
19.	speaking to a non-living object like a person
20.	comparison between two nouns using like or as
21.	a poem in aabba format

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Poetry Terms

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H

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Across:

1.	the poems shape suggests subject
3.	highly musical poem that tells no story
5.	like an extended metaphor
6.	two lines that rhyme
7.	overstatement
11.	giving a non-living object human traits
13.	comparison between two things
14.	two conflicting words used together
15.	song like poem

16.	a play on words
17.	two constrictive lines that rhyme
18.	rhymes that occur within a line
22.	language meant not to be taken literally
23.	words that sound alike
24.	poem that tells story
25.	group of three lines that rhyme
26.	a poem written to praise someone, something, or an event

Down:

2.	a poem about a dead person or thing
4.	repeating word or phrase
5.	same constant beginning sound in two or more words
8.	a sound (BOOM!)
9.	a mental picture
10.	a metaphor that extends to several lines

12.	saying one thing but meaning another
16.	piece of writing that contains two or more poetic elements
17.	Japanese poem
19.	speaking to a non-living object like a person
20.	comparison between two nouns using like or as
21.	a poem in aabba format

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