A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.

A word's dictionary definition

The idea or feeling that people associate with a word; a word's secondary meaning.

Also known as "vowel rhyme," is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike sounds can appear anywhere in the word, but will usually be found at its end or middle, or at the end of the stressed syllable.

Refers to a word choice.

A term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without a punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.

A literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a reader's senses to create an image or idea in their head.

The beat and pace of a poem and is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

A series of lines grouped together in order to divide a poem. They look like little paragraphs.

Characters, settings, images, or other things that stand in for bigger ideas beyond their literal meaning.

The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story, poem, play, etc.

The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, poem, or other literary work. It's the lesson or moral of the story.

Someone who is the voice of the poem. This is not to be confused with the author.

Refers to the attitude of a writer toward a subject that they are writing about.

Repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.

An obvious and deliberate exaggeration (to emphasize something or for humorous purposes).

Assigning human qualities to something that is not human.

Words that sound like their meaning.