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Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every line
Antithesis
Using opposite ideas for contrast
Archetype
Recurring or familiar pattern in literature
Blank Verse
Poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Caesura
Pause/break in a line of poetry
Conceit
Surprising comparison of two very different things
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of verse, of similar length, rhymed
Colloquialism
Word used in informal language
Jargon
Technical language used by a specific group
Trite Expression
Overused word or expression
Apostrophe
Direct address of an object or person that is not present
Litote
Using understatement for feeling or effect
Metonymy
Substituting one word to suggest that it is close to it
Synecdoche
Use of a part to represent the whole
Foil
Character who provides strong contrast to another. Emphasizes other characters traits.
Free Verse
No regular meter or rhyme scheme
Heroic Couplet
Two consecutive, rhyming lines that contain a complete thought
Iambic
An unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
Anapestic
Two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
Trochaic
A stressed followed by an unstressed syllable
Dactylic
A stressed followed by two unstressed syllables
Spondaic
Two stressed syllables
Onomatopeia
Sound words
Ballad
Poem in verse form that tells a story using simple language
Elegy
Poem of serious reflection, typically for the dead
Idyll
Prose or poetry, dealing with pastoral scenes/simple life
Ode
Lyric poem in the form of an address to something specific
Sonnet
Poem of 14 lines
Shakesperean/English Sonnet
Three quatrains and a couplet
Petrarchan/Italian
Octet/sestet
Villanelle
19 line poem with 5 tercets and one quatrain with two repeating rhymes and two refrains
Refrain
Repetition of a line or phrase at regular intervals
Eye/Sight Rhyme
Similar in spelling but not pronounciation
Slant Rhyme
Almost a rhyme, but not
Assonance
Repeating vowel sound within a phrase
Consonance
Repeating consonant sound within a phrase
Internal Rhyme
Rhyming within a line of poetry
Masculine Rhyme
Rhyme made with a final stressed syllable at the end of the line
Feminine Rhyme
2 syllables in each rhyming word. Stressed penultimate syllable.
Rhymed Verse
Verse with end rhyme
Quatrain
4 line stanza