Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Synaesthesia
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Syllogism
Caesurae
Scansion
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
End Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Paradox
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Antithesis
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Diction
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Tercet
three line stanza
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
8 line stanza
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Omitting conjunctions
Pun
A play on words
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
