- Alliteration- The comment of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
- Analogy- A similarity or comparability between like features of two things of which a comparison may be based
- Assonance- Rhyme in which the vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the sressed syllables or rhyming words
- Consonance- Correspondence of sound; harmony of sounds
- Ballad- Any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character,having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody
- Blank Verse- Unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter more frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse
- Figurative Language- Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
- Free Verse- Prosody verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
- Haiku- Major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons
- Imagery- The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
- Lyric Poem- A short poem of song like quality
- Narrative Poem- A poem that tells a story and has a plot
- Ode- A lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic
- Rhyme- Identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse
- Rhythm- The pattern of regular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats
- Shakespearean Sonnet- The sonnet form used by Shakessphere composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter.
- Petrarchan Sonnet- A sonnet form associated with the poet Petrarchan , having an octave rhyming (a b b a a b b a) and a sestet rhyming either (c d e c d e) or (c d c d c d) also called Italian sonnet.