| accent | | line/group that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after each stanza |
| alexandrine | | five metrical feet |
| anapest | | medieval Italian lyric poem, with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza. |
| antithesis | | a line of poetry that has 12 syllables. |
| apostrophe | | figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. |
| ballade | | type of poetry consisting of 10- or 11- syllable lines arranged in 8-line octaves with the rhyme scheme abababcc |
| blank verse | | rhyme that occurs in a final unstressed syllable |
| caesura | | poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter |
| canzone | | a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet |
| carpe diem | | a very short, witty poem |
| classicism | | two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. |
| conceit | | figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite. |
| couplet | | a metrical foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long. se-ven-teen |
| dactyl | | poem that laments the death of a person |
| elegy | | a rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable cat/hat |
| enjambment | | four metrical feet |
| epic | | depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way |
| epigram | | consisting of stanzas of seven lines in iambic pentameter with rhyme scheme ababbcc |
| feminine rhyme | | a type of meter in poetry, there are five iambs to a line. |
| foot | | lyric poem that is 14 lines long. |
| free verse | | metrical foot of two syllables, both long. |
| heptameter | | principles/ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek & Roman art, architecture, and literature |
| heroic couplet | | poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| hexameter | | "seize the day" |
| iambic pentameter | | pair of line that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought |
| litotes | | prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word |
| lyric | | lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure. |
| masculine rhyme | | stanza/poem of 4 lines |
| meter | | calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person |
| metonymy | | figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part. |
| ode | | a line of poetry that has seven metrical feet |
| ottava rima | | metrical foot of two syllables, one long and one short. |
| pastoral | | fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different |
| pentameter | | continuation of a complete idea from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause |
| quatrain | | a line of poetry that has six metrical feet |
| refrain | | long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure. |
| rhyme royal | | a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short. happ-i-ly |
| romanticism | | a stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter |
| scansion | | figure of speech like a metaphor where words are not used in their literal sense but in a figurative sense |
| sonnet | | type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza of four or five lines. |
| spondee | | analysis of a poems meter |
| synecdoche | | natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line |
| terza rima | | principles/ideals of the romantic movement in lit and the arts during the late 18th and early 19th centuries |
| tetrameter | | consisting of 10- or 11- syllable lines arranged in three-line "tercets" with the rhyme scheme ada bcb cdc.... |
| trochee | | arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented syllables |
| trope | | a figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other. |
