The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines

the partial or total identity of consonants in words whose main vowels differ

The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity

The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity.

A poem of thirty-nine lines and written in iambic pentameter.

A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.

Poetry concerned with the shortness of life and the need to act in or enjoy the present

A lyric poem that laments the dead.

The reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence

A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means

A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.

Features of a poem that are associated with the poem’s performance aloud

A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, composed of three quatrains and a couplet rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.

A sonnet (14 lines of rhyming iambic pentameter) that divides into an octave (8) and sestet (6).

Words that seem to rhyme because they are spelled identically but pronounced differently

A near rhyme in which the concluding consonant sounds are identical but not the vowels

Rhyming words of three or more syllables in which any syllable but the last is accented

A rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true.

Understatement for effect, often for generating irony.

Overstatement or exaggeration for effect

The level of formality that a speaker uses

Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person

A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones

A strong pause within a line of verse - the type of punctuation used indicates the length and strength of the pause.

A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem

A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.

A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next

The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry.

A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.

A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon

The use of a full stop signifying the end of a thought or idea.

A strong pause within a line of verse

The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry.

A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon

the poet’s words in combination with his or her attitude towards subject matter and/or reader

The mood or feeling of a poem, often emotional in nature

A repeated word or series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad

The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse

A rhetorical figure that describes one sensory impression in terms of a different sense

Features of a poem that are associated with the poem’s performance aloud

A poem that tells a story

A long, stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter, and form

A lyric poem that laments the dead

A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

A two-syllable foot with two stressed accents

The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in poems

A combination of syllable stresses in the sequence: stressed unstressed unstressed

Speed

Vocal pitch

Repetition

Pause