Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable; indicates speed/propulsion within poetry

ex. "interupt" (uu/)

Addressing either an absent person or an abstract or inanimate being

ex. "O bird, thou never wert"

Repetition of identical/similar vowel sounds

ex. "child of silence"

Quatrain with alternating iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter lines; usually only 2nd and 4th lines rhyme

Strong pause within a line of a verse

ex. "Off-hand-like--just as I--

Repetition of two or more consonats but with  a different vowel in between

ex. "love/live"

(aka Shakespearean Sonnet) Consists of 3 quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter;

abab cdcd efef gg

Unaccented syllable followed by an accented one

ex. "delight" (u/)

A rhyme within a verse line

ex. "Sister, my sister, O fleet sweet swallow"

Object described in a two-word phrase

ex. "battle-sweat"=blood

One thing applied to another which it is connected with

ex. crown=king

memory trick: king-->monarch-->metonymy

A part of something is used to signify a whole

ex. "lend me your ear"  (technically, lend me all of you)

Accented sylable followed by an unaccented syllable

ex. gather (/u)

Two equally accented syllables

ex. heartbreak (//)

Two equally unaccented syllables

note:some traditionalists don't believe this exists

In a line of poetry the last word which consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

ex. ending, bending (/u)

In a line of poetry the last word consisting of a single stressed syllable

ex. still, hill (/)

Words whose endings are spelled alike, and might have once pronounced alike, but have over time acquired a different pronounciation

ex. prove/love, daughter/laughter

pretty much verbal abuse; forcing a rhyme

ex. "Farewell, farewell, you old rhinocerous/ I'll stare at something less perpocerous"

aka truncated, partial, slant, near, pararhyme; vowels are either approximate or different and sometimes the rhymed consonants are similar rather than identical

ex. tomb/worm, soul/all