Types in Form

1. modern poems have generally shrugged off antiquity’s obsession with elaborate description, and instead have tried to interpret, inhabit, confront, and speak to their subjects (9)
5. one of the oldest Japanese forms, originated in the seventh century, and quickly became the preferred verse form in the Japanese Imperial Court (5)
6. includes superhuman deeds, fabulous adventures, highly stylized language, and a blending of lyrical and dramatic traditions (4)
9. mirrors three stages of loss, first, there is a lament, then praise for the idealized dead, and finally consolation and solace (5)
10. although poetry and mathematics often seem to be incompatible areas of study, this seeks to connect them (6)

2. a popular form in children’s verse, often comical, nonsensical, and sometimes even lewd (8)
3. often focusing on images from nature, emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression (5)
4. not unlike the Shakespearean sonnet in trajectory, a form of poetic argument consisting of three stanzas (3, 3)
5. the earliest were devotionals written by Patrick Carey, a seventeenth-century Benedictine monk (8)
8. most commonly used as mnemonic devices and word games for children, such as those written by Dr. Seuss and Edward Gorey (11)

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