Poetry

Originally a composition meant for musical accompaniment.

Quotation from another literary work placed beneath the title at the beginning of a poem.

A poem praising God or the divine, often sung.

A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme 

The patterning of rhythm in natural speech, or in poetry without a distinct meter 

A composition that demonstrating symbols, metaphors, and other figures of poetry. 

A figure of speech composed of a striking exaggeration. 

Something in the world of the senses that reveals or is a sign for something else/abstract.

A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.

An expressive, nonliteral use of language.

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line.

A poem that creates a visual image of the topic.

As a figure of speech, it is a seemingly self-contradictory phrase that illuminates a truth.

Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images.

A popular narrative song passed down orally.

A comparison made with “as,” “like,” or “than.”

As a literary device, irony implies a distance between what is said and what is meant. 

The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter.

A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem. 

Poetry that instructs, either in terms of morals or by providing knowledge of philosophy. 

A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.

A competitive poetry performance in which selected audience members score performers.

A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length.

The sound of a word imitates its sense (for example, “choo-choo,” “hiss,” or “buzz”).

A hymn or poem often sung by a group. An example is "Twelve Days of Christmas"

Any poem expressing deep grief, usually at the death of a loved one or some other loss.

A long narrative poem in which a heroic protagonist engages in an action.

A figure of speech describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as it were a person.

The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

Figure of speech brings together contradictory words for effect;jumbo shrimp, deafening silence

Repetition of initial stressed consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase/verse line

A Japanese verse form of three unrhyming lines in five, seven, and five syllables.

A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event.

A comparison that is made directly without pointing out a similarity.