Poem
A story/ narrative in poet form
Ballad
A word that sounds like what it means
Onomatopoeia
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader
Theme
Unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of a poem.
Stanza
Occurs when one line end without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line
Enjambment
The additude that the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character
Tone
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
Free Verse
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place or work of art.
Allusion
The author's specific word choice
Diction
A single line of poetry
Verse
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
An object or actions that means something more than its literal meaning
Symbol
The recurrence of stressed sounds in poetry.
Rhythm
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words
Metaphor
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text
Assonance