Poetic Terminology

The idea of a literary work abstracted from its details in language, character, and action

The associations called up by a word that goes beyond the dictionary definition

The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words

The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse

A comparison between essentially unlike things without using like or as

The selection of words in a literary work

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work

Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme

The dictionary meaning of a word

A 14-line poem in iambic pentameter.  Two forms: Shakespearean and Italian

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

A narrative poem written in four line stanzas, characterized by swift action 

The pattern of related comparative aspects of language involving images in a literary work

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry

A figure of speech involving a comparison between two things using like as, or as though