Poetry

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a central or recurring image or action in a literary work that is shared by other works and may serve an overall theme.

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Motif

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type of lyrical stanza.

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Ode

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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Onomatopoeia

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Alliteration

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the basic rythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.

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Meter

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an open form of poetry. does not use consistent meter pattern, rhyme or any other musical pattern.

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Free verse

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a 19 line poetic form consisting of 5 tercet followed by a quatrain.

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Villanelle

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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.

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Stanza

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the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words.

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Assonance

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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Imagery

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an instrumental composition intended to portray a particular story, scene, mood, etc.

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Tone

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

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Irony

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rhyme created by two or more words in the same line or verse.

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Internal rhyme

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something in the world of the senses including an action, that reveals or is a sign for something else, often abstract or other worldly.

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Symbol

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a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of 3 lines.

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Tercet

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two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

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Couplet

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correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

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Rhyme

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a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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Rhythm

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a basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables.

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Foot

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a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternative rhymes.

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Quatrain

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writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

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Verse

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a pithy saving or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

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Epigram

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.

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Personification

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a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.

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Apostrophe

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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

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Diction

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrases is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Metaphor

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expressing the writers emotions; usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.

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Lyric

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the ordered pattern or rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

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Rhyme Scheme

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exaggerated statements of claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

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a line or verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable.

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Iambic Pentameter