poem

Allegory

A narrative or visual representation with an underlying meaning or moral message

Alliteration

The repetition of the same constant sound of beginning of words

Allusion

A reference using another piece of literature

Analogy

A comparison between two thing to explain something

Couplet

Two lines of poetry that rhyme

Epic

A very long poem that are long enough to be there own book

Haiku

A form that is written in 5-7-5 syllables

Hyperbole

A deliberate exaggeration to make a point

Iambic pentameter

A way a poem is written here it mimics natural speech

Imagery

Using words to paint a picture in the readers mind

Metaphor

A direct comparación between two dissimilar items

Onomatopoeia

The use of language that sounds like the thing or action it describes

Refrain

Repeating of words in a poem

Simile

A comparison using like or as

Soliloquy

An act of speaking ones thoughts out loud

Sonnet

A 14 line poem that employs I’ve of the several rhyme schemes and is tightly structured

Stanza

Paragraphs written in clusters with rhyming lines