the narrator of a poem

a group of lines arranged together

a two line stanza; usually rhymes

can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration, repetition

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

no repeating patterns of syllables, usually no regular rhyme, often sections with no size standard, modern

a pattern of end rhyme; this pattern is shown with letters at the end of each line

a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line, or lines very close to one another

end rhyme that is close but not exact

words that imitate the sound they name

(usually consonant) sounds repeated at the beginnings of words

repeated consonant sounds in middle or ends of the words

a type of alliteration in which repeated vowel sounds are in a line or lines of poetry

a comparison of two things using like, as, than, or resembles

a direct comparison of two unlike things

a metaphor that goes on for some time in the work

when a metaphor extends throughout the poem

exaggeration often used for emphasis

an object, something natural, or an animal is given life-like and/or human qualities

a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents something else

a reference in a literary work to something widely known, whether mythology, religion, culture, history, or other.

language that appeals to the five senses

a fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme scheme

a poem in which the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem

subtle meaning of a word as separate from its dictionary definition; usually clearly negative or positive

metric pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

metric pattern consisting of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

old-fashioned phrasing or word choices

three-syllable metric foot, stress on third syllable

three syllable metric foot with stress only on the first syllable

an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth

poetry written in un-rhymed iambic pentameter

a three line stanza

a four line stanza

repeated use in poetry of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

central idea of a work of literature

The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious, grieving, critical, or humorous).

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage