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| A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse |
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| A group for words in a poem that are on the same line |
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| When there is no break or pause when changing stanzas in a poem |
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| A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. |
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| The recurrence of similar sounds, esp. consonants, in close proximity |
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| A verse consisting of a single metric foot |
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| A verse consisting of six metric feet |
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| A pair of lines that rhyme (usually at the end of a poem) |
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| A stanza or poem of four lines. |
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| A poem or stanza containing six lines. |
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| An english sonnet (ABABCDCDEFEFGG) |
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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds |
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| A verse consisting of two metric feet |
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| A voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work. |
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| A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways, such as a metaphor. |
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| A poem or stanza containing eight lines. |
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| Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. |
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Italian sonnet
(abba abba cdcdcd and sometimes its abba abba cdecde) |
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| The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables |
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| A verse consisting of three metric feet |
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| the act of positioning close together (or side by side) |
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| A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power. |
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| A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). |
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| A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as |
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| The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line |
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| A verse consisting of four metric feet |
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| A group of three lines of verse, often rhyming together or with another triplet |
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| passing reference or indirect mention |
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| A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification |
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| A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison |
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| A rhyme consisting of words, such as lint and pint, with similar spellings but different sounds |
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| Identifying the metric feet of a poem |
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| A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet |
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| The scientific application of poetry (WTF?) |
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