Asyndeton
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Litotes
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Connotation
Repetition of vowel sounds
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Syllepsis
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Spenserian
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Pun
A play on words
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Denouement
Atmosphere
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
three line stanza
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
End Rhyme
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Internal Rhyme
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Epistrophe
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
