Vocabulary
This 9-letter word means very thin, especially from hunger or illness. It appears in the crossword.
What is emaciated?
This technique repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
This city is the setting of the poem, which was under siege during the Bosnian War.
What is Sarajevo?
This technique is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, like "the early bird catches the worm."
What is assonance?
"Her smile was as bright as the sun."
What is a simile?
This 10-letter word means a warning or sign of something that will happen in the future.
What is foreboding?
This technique compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The poem follows this type of rhyme scheme, where two lines of similar length rhyme and complete a thought.
What is AA, BB, CC etc. (also known as rhyming couplets)
This technique is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
"Time is a thief."
What is a metaphor?
This 9-letter word describes someone who is hostile or ready to fight. It ends with "e."
What is combative?
This technique asks a question for effect, not expecting an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
In the poem, citizens queue for these two basic necessities.
What are gas and bread? (or fuel and food)
This technique places two opposite ideas close together to highlight their differences, like "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
What is contrast? (or juxtaposition)
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight on the fields..."
What is anaphora? (repetition at the start)
This 9-letter word means to gradually weaken or destroy.
What is undermine?
This technique gives human qualities to non-human things, like "the wind whispered."
What is personification?
The young couple in the poem meets in this type of place, mentioned in the third stanza.
What is a candlelit café?
This technique involves presenting several items in a sequence for emphasis or rhythm.
What is listing? (or enumeration)
"...of the people, by the people, for the people."
What is epistrophe? (repetition at the end)
This 9-letter word means to make something less severe or intense.
What is alleviate?
This technique uses exaggeration for emphasis, like "I've told you a million times."
What is hyperbole?
The poet of "The Bright Lights of Sarajevo" is this British poet.
Who is Tony Harrison?
This technique is a reference to another text, event, or figure, like "he was a real Romeo."
What is an allusion?
A fire station burns down.
What is irony?