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| two weaker syllables followed by a stronger syllable |
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| an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
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| a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. |
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| A line of verse consisting of four metrical feet |
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| A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet |
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| a short poem with a witty turn of thought; or a wittily condensed expression in prose |
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| One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables |
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| A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.(often found on tombstones) |
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| brief tale in verse or prose that conveys a moral lesson, usually by giving human speech and manners to animals and inanimate things. Fables often conclude with a moral, delivered in the form of an epigram. |
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| a lyric poem comprising 14 rhyming lines of equal length |
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| is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. |
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| term loosely used for rhymed or unrhymed verse made free of conventional and traditional limitations and restrictions in regard to metrical structure(lacking structure) |
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| term loosely used for rhymed or unrhymed verse made free of conventional and traditional limitations and restrictions in regard to metrical structure |
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| A metaphor which is drawn-out beyond the usual word or phrase to extend throughout a stanza or an entire poem, usually by using multiple comparisons between the unlike objects or ideas. |
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| An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. |
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| a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results |
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| giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of |
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| A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. |
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| A unit of rhythm or meter, the division in verse of a group of syllables, one of which is long or accented |
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| A verse unit consisting of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter |
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| A group of three lines of verse, often rhyming together or with another triplet |
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| The definition of a word, apart from the impressions or feelings it creates in the reader |
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| further associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its straightforward dictionary meaning |
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| A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, |
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| The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction |
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| A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole |
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| Inclined to teach or moralize excessively |
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| Choice and use of words in speech or writing |
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| The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language |
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