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Lit Terms (cont.)

Across
A line, group of lines, or part of a line repeated at regular or irregular intervals in a poem
A pause in a line of verse, often coinciding with a break between clauses or sentences
Language referring to something that can be perceived through one or more of the senses
In the broadest sense, all forms of ordinary writing and speech lacking the sustained and regular rhythmic patterns found in poetry
Expressing similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structure
The technique by which animals, abstract ideas, or inanimate objects are referred to as if they were human
He basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry
A poem dealing with shepherds and rural life
The repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words
The mark ...
An elaborately formal lyric poem, often in for of a lengthy address to a person or abstract entity, always serious and elevated in tone
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
A figure of speech I which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words
Down
A form of wit, not necessarily funny, involving a play on a word with to or more meanings
The patterned flow of sound in poetry and prose
poetry that is free of rhyme and meter resembling natural speech
A less direct metaphor, using like or as
The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
The deliberate use of any element of language more than once; repeating words or phrases for effect
The repetition of the same sounds
A statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory as to provoke us into seeking another sense in which it would be true
A section r division of a poem, resembling paragraphs in prose
Figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and that are written to the same meter, or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning
A brief narrative of an entertaining and presumably true incident
A fourteen line lyric poem in iambic pentameter
An elaborately formal lyric poem lamenting the death of a friend or public figure, or serious reflection on a serious subject