All terms in this list:
Alliteration: The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
allusion: An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
assonance: The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
ballad: A long song or poem that tells a story.
consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
diction: The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.
enjambment: A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
free verse: A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.
metaphor: (rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.
meter: The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
Onomatopoeia: The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
rhythm: The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
simile: A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.
stanza: A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
symbol: Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.
theme: the central meaning or dominate message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
tone: A specific pitch.
verse: A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
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