All terms in this list:

mock epic: uses epic formula to make a trivial subject ridiculous

Ballad: short, musical narrative poem

fol/popular ballad: *anonymous

literary ballad: *imitation folk ballad

Rafrain: *word, phrase, line or group of linesthroughout, espec end of stanzas

ballad structure: *quatrains in abcb rhyme (usually

haiku: a poem *about nature with deeper meaning

*about nature with deeper meaning 3 lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables

Lyric Poetry: expresses speaker's personal thoughts and feeling

Speaker: *the voice of the poem or role poet plays

Imagery: *collection of sense pictures or impressions in a poem or story [the result of all other elements]

Sensory Language: *appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) concrete objects, people and events

Concrete Language: aka sensory language (see senses above)