This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Poetry has 18 clues. Answers range from 3 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A rhetorical shift in emotions
A form of volta where the problem is in the first 6 lines and solved in the final 2.
A form of volta where the problem is presented in the first 12 lines and solved in the final 2
A set of 8 lines within a poem
The final 6 lines of a sonnet
Where successive lines in a poem rhyme with each other using the final word of the line Rhyming
A Japanese form of poetry that consists of three non-rhyming lines in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
A poem or a song that is narrated in short stanzas
A narrative poem, made up of four line stanzas and they were usually recited orally. Literary
a story told through verse rather than prose
A very long narrative poem that usually cover great heroes
A poem that consists of 19 lines (five tercets and one quatrain). The tercets follow an ABA rhyme scheme and the quatrain follows an ABAA scheme.
lyrical but not lengthy (usually like a sonnet). They’re usually formal and solemn
A humorous five line verse form of poetry - usually in an AABBA rhyme scheme.
A form of poetry that has six stanzas, each with six lines - there is no rhyme scheme.
a five line poem form that creates a very vivid image
where two words in a poem are combined to create a new metaphor
A poem where the first letter of each line spells out another word.