| Term | Definition |
|---|
| form | the physical structure of a poem; the way it is seen on a page |
| stanza | a group of lines |
| rhyme | the likeness of sounds at the end of words: suite, heat, complete |
| internal rhyme | the use of rhyming words within a line |
| end rhyme | the use of rhyming words at the ends of lines |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of end rhymes in a poem |
| rhythm | the pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables on a line |
| meter | a repeated rhythmic pattern |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant souonds at the beginning of words: breakers beneath her bows |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within words: ship in distress |
| consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds near the end of words: sound mind |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they refer to: buzz, hiss, crunch, thump |
| speaker | the voice that relates the ideas or story of the poem |
| imagery | language that appeals to the reader's sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch |
| figurative language | communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of the words |
| personification | the attribution of human qualities to an object or idea: the wind's gentle cry |
| simile | a comparison using like or as: This room is like a war zone. |
| metaphor | a direct comparision: This room is a war zone. |
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