extended, emotional piece of literature

lines that are repeated throughout poetry

giving human qualities to non human things

dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.

a statement that may seem contradictory but can be true

a short fictitious story that is presented to teach a religious principle, simple truth or moral lesson

a figure of speech that puts together opposite elements

sound in writing

any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

A literary device that involves a contradiction between what is expected and what actually occurs.

A type of poem that is typically 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme and meter.