Poetry Crossword Puzzle

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Across 4. The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. 5. A verse, stanza, or poem written in iambs. 7. A short poem of songlike quality. 8. The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables 9. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. 12. License used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work 16. The use words that imitate the sound they denote 18. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing 19. A poem that tells a story and has a plot 23. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic defeats. 27. Verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter. 28. An elaborate and systematic plan of action 30. Any letter(s) other than vowels in the alphabet 31. The act of alluding; indirect reference 32. A stanza or poem of four lines. 33. Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.

Down 1. A comparison between two things using "like" or "as" 2. Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning. 3. A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities 6. The most specific or direct meaning of a word. 10. Degree of clarity and distinctness of pronunciation in speech. 11. The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds 13. Italian poet, scholar, and humanist who is famous for Canzoniere, a collection of love lyrics. 14. The act of relating to William Shakespeare or his works 15. A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter. 17. A comparison between two things using "is" or "was" (not using "like" or "as") 20. To be similar in sound, especially at the last syllable(s) 21. The act or process or an instance of repeating 22. A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes. 24. The rhythmic pattern of a stanza, determined by the kind and number of lines. 25. The quality or character of sound. 26. A comparison based on such similarity. 28. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem 29. Something that represents something else by association

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