Types of Poems
A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy.
Petrarchan sonnet
Type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.
Ballad
A grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation.
Stanza
Uses words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
Symbolism
Refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.
Repetition
A poem that has a full storyline including; characters, plot, conflict, resolution, setting, and action.
Narrative poetry
The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using 'as' or 'like'.
Simile
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break—such as a dash or closing parenthesis—or with punctuation.
End stopped
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two, unlike things.
Metaphor
The basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poetry
Meter
The variation of the sonnet form comprised of three quatrains and a concluding couplet.
Shakespearean sonnet
A literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a poem.
Repetition
The words in a poem are specifically arranged into a row.
Lines
A vivid and vibrant form of description that appeals to readers' senses and imagination.
Symbolism
A comparison between two, unlike things that continues throughout a series of lines in a poem.
Extended metaphor
A formal type of poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
Lyric Poetry
The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines to create a sonic effect.
Anaphora
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
Internal rhyme
A pair of consecutive lines of poetry that create a complete thought or idea.
Couplet
Is a brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is familiar.
Allusion
A 14 line poem that consists of a fixed rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter.
Sonnet
A phrase or line is repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.
Refrain
The running on of the thought from one line to the next without a syntactical break.
Enjambment
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of poetry.
Assonance
Refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.
Consonance