A break in the flow of sound in a line of poetry e.g. in Hamlet's famous soliloquy:
To be or not to be || that is the question
It reveals the attitude of the poet being studied e.g. anger, love, resignation, despair, fear, boredom etc.
The creation of images using words. Poets usually achieve this by invoking comparisons by means of metaphor or simile or other figures of speech.
A stanza comprising of eight lines
Term originally derived from the Greek word meaning 'for the lyre' and indicating verses that were written to be sung. However, more recently the term has been used to refer to short poems, often written in the 'I' form, where the poet expresses his or her feelings
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words such as tongue twisters like 'She sells seashells by the
seashore.'
The rhythmic or musical quality of a poem. In metrical verse, this is determined by the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. However, free verse often features it.
Verse without formal meter or rhyme patterns. Instead, it relies upon the natural rhythms of everyday speech.
A line of poetry comprising of five metrical 'feet'. Shakespeare's plays were largely written in iambic ________.
A line of verse which ends with a grammatical break such as a coma, colon, semi-colon or full stop etc.
A stanza comprising of four lines
Two or more words which are pronounced the same but have different spelling and meaning e.g. 'saw' (to cut) and 'sore' (hurting). Many puns are based on it.
A line or phrase that recurs throughout a poem - especially at the end of stanzas.
Repetition of words and/or phrases at the beginning of a verse.
A fourteen line poem usually in iambic pentameters consisting of an octave and a sestet. The octave presents and develops the theme while the sestet reflects and brings the poem to a conclusion. The term derives from the Italian for 'little song'. It has the following rhyme scheme: a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, c-d-e, c-d-e.
Where is my puzzle?