| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | beaded bubble winking at the brim |
| Furike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto | haiku |
| A thousand hairy savages sitting down to lunch | light verse |
| Two household both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene | Shakespearean sonnet |
| An epicure dining at Crewe | limerick |
| in Sitka, because they are fond of them, People have named the seals | free verse |
| historical, categorical/Kentucky, unlucky | rhyme |
| Richard Cory was rich. . .yes, richer than a king | hyperbole |
| And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the windowpanes | personification |
| She drove to the baseline, jumped and shot. Swish. Two points. | onomatopoeia |
| And as in uffish thought he stood, the Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood | nonsense |
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