Close friend and collaborator of Wordsworth, suffered from an opium addiction

Considered by some to be a metaphysical poet, but he wrote many cavalier-style poems and was critical of the monarchy

Famous dramatist of the Elizabethan age, more famous than Shakespeare at the time

Husband of Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), unconventional in his poetry

Worked as an engraver, adding visual art to his poetry

Greatest metaphysical poet, became the Royal Chaplain of Cambridge

Infamous for his controversial lifestyle, a type of hero is named after him

Served most of his life as a priest; many of his poems are sung as hymns today

Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843-50; said poems "are to be considered experiments"

Wrote mature Romantic poetry, died of tuberculosis at age 25

Cavalier poet who wrote over 2,500 poems, mostly about love, but never married

Explorer of the Americas, founder of Virginia, and poet

A group of lines in poetry

Giving human qualities to something not human

The attitude of the author towards a subject, expressed in his/her use of language

Repetition of a grammatical structure

A poem devoted to the praise of someone or something

Comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables

An obvious, intended exaggeration

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

A closed form lyric poem consisting of 14 lines

Poetry that tells a story

A type of poem set to music, sometimes intended for dancing

A comparison that uses "like" or "as"

Descriptive language that invokes the 5 senses

The atmosphere of a poem and the emotional response the poem evokes in the reader

An abrupt pause in a line of poetry

A type of poetry that idolizes the simplicity and charm of rural, country life

Poetry in which the words are arranged in a certain shape to convey important ideas

Repetition of vowel sounds

A pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables (also called "feet")

A word meant to imitate a real sound

A metaphor that is extended through an entire poem

A type of poetry that expresses personal or emotional feelings; usually written in rhythm

Repetition of consonant sounds in short succession

An irregular meter designed to cause the reader to pause or speed up in certain places in a poem

"Seize the day" - the idea of living life to the fullest because we don't know what tomorrow will bring

A set pattern of lines that rhyme in their final syllables