This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Shakespeare has 17 clues. Answers range from 3 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Two consecutive syllables where the first is unstressed and the second is stressed
A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a formal rhyme scheme, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
A literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.
A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the purpose of highlighting the traits of the other character.
Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.
A major division of an opera, play, or other drama.
A subdivision of a play that features a brief situation of action and dialogue.
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine; AKA tragic flaw.