Literary Terms

The matching of vowel sounds in a line.

A poem that describes a person, usually a woman, by listing and comparing parts of her body.

The analysis of the metrical patterns in a poem.

The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

A poem ___ if the words in a line fit, with the required number of syllables

A pattern of rhyme in a poem. Usually, the term __ refers to the sounds at the end of the lines

The basic unit of measurement in poetic meter.

What in poetry is used when words within a line or phrase begins with the same sound?

A meter with 5 feet in each line, dominated by iambs.