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A figure of speech by which conscious understatement is used to created emphasis by negation
examples: "not bad!" and "no mean feat!" |
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Figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
examples: "hired hands" -- workers
"society" -- high society |
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Figure of speech that consists of using the name of one thing for something else with which it is associated
examples:"the crown" -- the king
"city hall" -- the city government |
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| Repetition of identical or similar consonants |
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| an elaborate or strained metaphor |
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| rhyming at the end of successive or alternating lines |
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| rhyming within a single line |
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| the exact rhyming of words |
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words that are close to rhyming...but don't. they contain similar but not the same vowel sound
examples:
aWAY ... civilITY... |
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| Two successive lines of verse marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self contained utterance. |
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| A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause |
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| A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line. This may coincide with conventional punctuation marks, but does necessarily do so. |
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| English sonnet (Shakespeare) |
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| Poem of 14 lines grouped into three stanzas with 4 lines and one stanza with a 2 lines couplet. |
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1.) A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation, especially for one who is dead
2.) A pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy
3.)A poem in elegiac couplets |
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| A verse or poem that tells a story |
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| A verse or poem that can, or supposedly can, be sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument (in ancient times, usually a lyre) or that expresses intense personal emotion in a manner suggestive to a song. |
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| A ceremonious lyric poem on an occasion of public or private dignity in which personal emotion and general meditation are united |
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| Poetry organized to the cadences of speech and image patterns rather than according to a regular metrical scheme |
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| Blank verse is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. Blank verse poems still usually have iambic pentameter. |
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