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A few of the words
- SONNET
- The sonnet's 14-line form was perfected in 14th-century Italy by Petrarch, whose love poems to Laura set the template that Shakespeare would later make his own.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HAIKU
- The haiku as we know it was shaped by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō in the 17th century — three lines capturing a single moment in nature with striking economy.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- IAMBIC
- Iambic pentameter — ten syllables to a line, alternating unstressed and stressed — became the heartbeat of English verse, used by poets from Chaucer to Keats.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ELEGY
- An elegy is a poem of mourning and reflection; Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,' published in 1751, remains one of the most beloved in the English language.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Poetry: a free large-print word search
Poetry word search — free and large-print — wander through verse, rhyme, stanza, sonnet, and the quiet craft of measured language.
About Mind & Trivia
Poetry is one of the oldest arts, older than the written word itself — passed mouth to ear long before ink met parchment. Every culture has shaped it differently: the disciplined fourteen lines of the sonnet, the spare seasonal breath of the haiku, the rolling music of the ballad. What holds them all together is the feeling that each word has been placed exactly where it belongs.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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