the author of the poem

the “narrator” or voice of the poem

the appearance of the words on the page

a group of words together on one line of the poem

a group of lines arranged together, like a paragraph

A type of poem where the speaker speaks thoughts aloud, even if alone

A type of poem with fourteen lines

the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds

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

imperfect rhyme, close rhyme

a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme)

Consonant sounds repeated  anywhere in the words

Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words

VOWEL sounds repeated in a line or lines of poetry

A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem

Language that appeals to the senses

Words that imitate the sound they are naming

A comparison of two things using the words like or as

A direct comparison of two unlike things

Does NOT use the words like or as

a metaphor that goes for several lines or possibly the entire length of a work

Exaggeration used for emphasis

An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities

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

An expression that is NOT taken literally