narrative poem
a poem that tells a story
narrator
the voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author
octave
an eight-line unit, which may constitute a stanza or a section of a poem
ode
a long stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter, and form; usually a serious poem on an exalted subject
onomatopoeia
the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe; ex: buzz and crack
open form
a type of structure or form in poetry characterized by freedom from regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme, line length, and metrical pattern
parody
a humorous, mocking imitation of a literary work
personification
the endowment of inanimate objects of abstract concepts with human qualities or actions
plot
the organization of incidents in a literary work
point of view
the perspective from which a story is narrated
