This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Poetry has 47 clues. Answers range from 3 to 21 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Writing approach that results in images
Poetic foot that sounds DUM-da-da
Some poets use this symbol instead of "and"
Poet named after Robert E. Lee
Flow syntax to the next line
Doctor-poet prominent in Modernism
Pattern of end-rhyme
Elizabethan sonnet rhyme scheme
abba abba
Sonnet turn
Per Levertov: without punctuation, the duration of pause at a line's end
Poem of praise
Repeated line
Four-line stanza
Synonym finder
da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM
da-da foot
Word for a one-stanza poem
Hidden comparison
Lines of iambs, of which 20-30% are replaced with anapests
Poem suited to a funeral
Short book of poems, usually by one author, often on a single theme
Study of linguistic technique in poetry
Word often elided for rhythm or economy
Meter of Longfellow's "Hiawatha"
imperfect rhyme
Meter of a heroic couplet
Badly written verse, often comical
12th century Persian poet
Six-line stanza
Most frequently used sensory image
Dash-loving Emily
First name of Modernist poet known as HD
Author of "Daddy"
Part of speech essential to a clause
Examine meter using symbols for stressed and unstressed syllables
Japanese-derived 3-line form with 5-7-5 syllables
Place for an open mic
Often musical-sounding verse that conveys strong feelings
Ex-pat American poet, fascist sympathizer, major figure in Modernism
3-line stanza
Result when meter is realized with words
Mid-line pause, with or without punctuation
Chooses featured poets
Introduces readers at an open mic
Poem type of "A Word on Statistics" by Wislawa Szymborska
Poetic form of 8 lines with rhyme scheme ABaAabAB where capitals represent repeated lines