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Poetic Forms Crossword
Identify poetic forms by their characteristics. Not too hard, not too easy - just fun!
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There are so many forms of poetry. This is a challenge to see how many you can identify by their descriptions. Just to help, all forms described can be found on Writing.Com at "Poetry Forms"  [13+]. A special thanks to kanasapoet(larryp@writing.com) who is hosting this collection of forms, descriptions, and examples.

Hint The following forms are described: Cinquain, Minute, Sestina, Ballad, Elegy, Villanelle, Pi, Acrostic, Nonet, Ghazal, Clerihew, Limerick, Pantoum, Senyru, Haiku, VersLibre (also know as Free Verse *Smile*), BlankVerse, Tetractys, Pleiades, Terzanelle, Rondel,Tanka, Lilibonelle, Tritina, Quatern and Sonnet.
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 1 A set form of three stanzas of four lines each with the first stanza a Shakespearean sonnet, the second free verse, and the final blank verse.
 3 This form has only two rhyme sounds. The first and third lines of the first stanza are rhyming refrains that alternate as the third line in each successive stanza and form a couplet at the close.
 5 Various styles of poetry that are written without using strict meter or rhyme, but still recognizable as poetry by virtue of complex patterns (Two Words) .
 6 A sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain.
 9 This form uses the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text to spell out another message.
 11 A nine line poem, with the first line containing nine syllables, the next eight, so on until the last line has one syllable.
 12 A poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. Variations include English and Petrarchan.
 14 This form is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima.
 15 This form uses 5 lines, 20 syllables, in the form 1/2/2/4/10 forming a triangle shaped poem.
 17 This form is based on the ratio of a circles diameter to circumfrence with each line representing the next value.
 18 A Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer "on" (not syllables) in total. However, senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature.
 19 This form uses sixty syllables in three stanza of 20 syllables each..
 20 The name of this form is an Arabic word that means "talking to women." It consists of five to fifteen couplets, typically seven. A refrain (a repeated word or phrase) appears at the end of both lines of the first couplet and at the end of the sec
 22 A form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 morae (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7 and 5 morae respectively
 24 Only one word is allowed in the title, followed by a single seven-line stanza. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title.
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 2 A type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme (Two Words)
 4 Four quatrains. The lines of the first quatrain repeat at the beginning lines for the rest of the stanzas.
 7 Japan's oldest poetry form. Traditionally it has five lines with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables
 8 A whimsical, four-line biographical poem. The lines are comically irregular in length, and the rhymes, often contrived, are structured AABB.
 10 A variation of the rondeau consisting of two quatrains followed by a quintet (13 lines total)
 12 A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet (called its envoy or tornada), for a total of thirty-nine lines.
 13 The little brother to the Sestina. Instead of end rhymes, each stanza uses three specific unrhymed words in a specific sequence
 16 Any short poem of five lines.
 20 She's the sponsor of Paper Pals Poetry Contest
 21 A five-line poem with a strict form which intends to be witty or humorous, and is often obscene with humorous intent.
 23 A form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music.
 24 This form is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next. This pattern continues for any number of stanzas, except for the final stanza, which differs in the repeating
 25 A sad and thoughtful poem lamenting the death of a person.
 
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