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| a metrical foot of one short or unstressed syllable followed by one long or stressed syllable. "The plowman homeward plods his weary way" consists of five iambs |
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| a metrical foot of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, e.g. the word "human" |
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| a metrical foot of three syllables with the stress on the third syllable, or of two short syllables followed by a long syllable. The word "unconcerned" and the phrase "up the hill" are anapests |
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| (metrical foot of three syllables): a metrical foot of one long syllable followed by two short syllables in classical verse or one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables in modern verse |
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| a metrical foot of two long or stressed syllables |
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| a line of verse consisting of one metrical foot |
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| a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet |
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| a line of verse consisting of three metrical feet |
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| a line of verse that has four metrical feet |
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| a line of verse consisting of five units of rhythm such as five pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| a line of verse that has six metrical feet, usually all in the same or a related meter. The Greek and Latin poems the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid are composed in hexameters. |
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a line of poetry or verse composed of seven
a line of poetry or verse composed of seven |
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| a line of verse consisting of eight metrical units or feet |
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| the analysis of verse according to the rules of meter |
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| a section of a poem or song consisting of a number of lines arranged together to form a single unit |
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| a similarity in the sound of word endings, especially in poetry |
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| the use of rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry |
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| a rhyme in which one of the rhyming words is within the line of poetry and the other is at the end of the same line or within the next line |
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| the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in a verse of a poem |
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| unrhymed poetry that has a regular rhythm and line length, especially iambic pentameter |
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| verse without a fixed metrical pattern, usually having unrhymed lines of varying length |
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| a number of lines of verse forming a separate unit within a poem. In many poems, each stanza has the same number of lines and the same rhythm and rhyme scheme. |
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| – two lines of verse that form a unit alone or as part of a poem, especially two that rhyme and have the same meter |
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| poetry a poetic stanza of three lines, usually with a single rhyme and sometimes sharing the same metrical pattern |
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| a short poem with 14 lines, usually ten-syllable rhyming lines, divided into two, three, or four sections. There are many rhyming patterns for _______, and they are usually written in iambic pentameter. |
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| having the objective of telling a story |
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| relating to the traditional beliefs or ideas of ordinary people |
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| relating to literature, writing, or the study of literature |
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| celebrating the adventures and achievements of a legendary or traditional hero, in elevated language |
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| a lyric poem, usually expressing exalted emotion in a complex scheme of rhyme and meter |
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| a mournful or reflective poem |
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| a written, spoken, or musical expression of enthusiastic praise or rapturous joy |
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| done for or connected with a special event |
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| writings and other material created to make people laugh; or somebody's character or usual attitude |
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| characterized, in real life or in art, by the kind of intense and gripping excitement, startling suddenness, or larger-than-life impressiveness associated with drama and the theater |
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| long tedious uninterrupted speech during a conversation |
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| a work of literature in the form of a conversation |
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| serious works written for performance on the stage, television, or radio considered as a literary genre |
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| -- a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as," e.g. "as white as a sheet" |
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| all language that involves figures of speech or symbolism and does not literally represent real things; comparison w/o using like or as |
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| giving life to an inanimate object |
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| a poetic or literary effect achieved by using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants, as in "Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?" |
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| the formation or use of words that imitate the sound associated with something, e.g. "hiss" and "buzz" |
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| deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect, e.g. "I could eat a million of these |
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| something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction |
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| - a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true |
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| incongruity between what actually happens and what might be expected to happen, especially when this disparity seems absurd or laughable |
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| a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, e.g. "wise fool" or "giant shrimp" |
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| a rhetorical passage in which an absent or imaginary person or an abstract or inanimate entity is addressed directly |
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| an indirect reference to somebody or something (biblical, historical, literary) |
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| an indirect reference to somebody or something |
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| play on words; humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning |
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