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| Items from different classes compared by a connective such as "like" or "as" |
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| Combines the identity of terms without a connective such as "like" or a verb such as "as" |
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| The attribution of human feelings or characteristics to abstractions or to inanimate objects |
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| A description of one sense in terms of another |
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| An exaggeration or overstatement |
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| The presentation of a thing with under-emphasis in order to achieve a greater effect |
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| A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements, but on closer inspection may be true |
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| Refers to words and phrases with opposite meanings balanced against each other |
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| refers to the immediately recognizable norm: true/blue, mountain/fountain |
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| refers to rhymes that are close but not exact: lab/shape |
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| refers to words which look like they rhyme but they don't: why/envy |
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| All rhymes occur at line ends--the standard procedure |
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| Rhyme that occurs within a line or passage, whether randomly (as below, on "flow" and "grow") or in some kind of pattern |
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| The repetition of like consonant sounds in nearby words |
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| The repetition of like vowel sounds in nearby words |
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| The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to |
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| The repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses |
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| the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses |
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| a pause, usually marked by a colon or semi-colon, in the middle of a verse line |
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| A period in the middle of a verse line |
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| the line of poetry continues into the next with only a comma or no punctuation at the end |
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| the line ends with a period, exclamation or question mark |
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| poetry composed without a set number of lines, rhythm, or syllable per line |
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| First Person Point of View |
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| Third Person Point of View |
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| the voice that conveys the poem's attitude toward its subject |
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| the poet's selection of words (formal, informal, slang) |
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