Covers common poetic devices and Meter/Feet
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| 13656337916 | Acrostic | a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically | 0 | |
| 13656342929 | Allegory | extended metaphor in which the characters, places, and objects carry figurative meaning | 1 | |
| 13656350153 | Ballad | narrative song following rhyme scheme abcb | 2 | |
| 13656378318 | Folk (Traditional Ballad) | anonymous, can be tragic, comic, or heroic, emphasize a central dramatic event | 3 | |
| 13656387938 | Canto | long subsection of an epic/narrative poem | 4 | |
| 13656413329 | Concrete poetry | verse that emphasizes non-linguistic elements in its meaning, such as typeface that creates a visual image of the topic | 5 | |
| 13656413330 | Couplet | a pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length | 6 | |
| 13656414968 | Didactic Poetry | Poetry that instructs through morals or knowledge of philosophy, religion, arts, science, and/or skills | 7 | |
| 13656414969 | Dirge | a brief hymn or song of lamentation and grief, typically composed to be performed at a funeral. Shorter and less meditative than an elegy | 8 | |
| 13656416912 | Doggerel | bad verse traditionally characterized by cliches, clumsiness, and irregular meter. Often unintentionally humorous | 9 | |
| 13656418132 | Dramatic Monologue | poem in which an imagined speaker addresses a silent listener, usually not the reader. Longer and less song-like than a lyric | 10 | |
| 13656419500 | Elegy | a melancholy poem that laments its subject's death but ends in consolation | 11 | |
| 13656419501 | Epic | long narrative poem in which a heroic protagonist engages in an action of great mythic or historic significance | 12 | |
| 13656419502 | Epigram | pithy (concise), often witty, poem | 13 | |
| 13656421164 | Epitaph | short poem intended for (or imagined as) an inscription on a tombstone, often serving as a brief elegy | 14 | |
| 13656423113 | Fixed and Unfixed Forms | poems that have a set number of lines, rhymes, and/or metrical arrangements per line | 15 | |
| 13656425548 | Free Verse | non-metrical, non-rhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech; a regular pattern of sound/rhythm may emerge, but poet does not follow metrical plan | 16 | |
| 13656425549 | Haiku | japanese form of verse, three un-rhyming lines in 5, 7, 5 syllables | 17 | |
| 13656427200 | Heroic Couplet | iambic pentameter, features prominently in the work of the 17th and 18th century didactic and satirical poems | 18 | |
| 13656427201 | Lament | any poem expressing deep grief, usually at the death of a loved one or some other loss | 19 | |
| 13656427202 | Limerick | fixed light-verse form of five generally anapestic lines rhyming AABBA. Contain indecent humor or show a lack of respect for something usually taken seriously | 20 | |
| 13656428954 | Lyric | originally a composition meant for musical accompaniment, a short poem in which the poet/poet's persona/speaker expresses personal feelings | 21 | |
| 13656428955 | Mock Epic | poem that plays with the conventions of the epic to satirically comment on a topic; for example, making a petty conflict a mythological battle | 22 | |
| 13656428956 | Octave | eight-line stanza or poem. First 8 lines of an Italian/Petrarchan sonnet | 23 | |
| 13656431377 | Ode | formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses/celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea. Stanza forms vary | 24 | |
| 13656431378 | Pastoral | verse in the tradition of Theocritus, who wrote idealized accounts of shepherds and their loves living simple, virtuous lives in Arcadia, a mountainous range of Greece. Focuses on virtues and romances of rural life. | 25 | |
| 13656433359 | Prose Poem | prose composition that demonstrates traits such as symbols, metaphors, and other figures of speech common to poetry, not broken into verse lines | 26 | |
| 13656438028 | Quatrain | a 4 line stanza with one of rhyme scheme: ~ABAC or ABCD (Unbounded/Ballad Quatrain) ~AABB (double couplet) ~ABAB (interlaced/alternate/heroic) ~ABBA (enclosed) ~AABA | 27 | |
| 13656438029 | Refrain | phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza | 28 | |
| 13656440075 | Sestet | 6 line stanza / final 6 lines of a 14 line Italian/Petrarchan sonnet | 29 | |
| 13656441937 | Sonnet | 14 line poem with a variable rhyme scheme. Originated in Italy, brought to England in 16th century. Literally a "little song," reflects on a single subject, clarification/"turn" of thought at last 2 lines | 30 | |
| 13656441938 | Stanza | grouping of lines separated from others in a poem. Can mark a shift in mood, time, or thought | 31 | |
| 13656441939 | Tercet | a poetic unit of three lines, rhymed or not | 32 | |
| 13656443446 | Verse | as a mass noun, poetry in general; as a regular noun, a line of poetry. Poetry that possesses more formal qualities | 33 | |
| 13656445114 | Villanelle | french verse form consisting of 5 three line stanzas and a final quatrain. The first and third lines of the 1st stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain | 34 | |
| 13656616699 | Elegiac Stanza | Consoling stanza of an elegy, though not exclusive to elegies, quatrain with rhyme scheme ABAB, iambic pentameter | 35 | |
| 13656875429 | Petrarchan Sonnet | type of sonnet; divides 14 lines into two sections: octave with rhyme ABBAABBA and a sestet rhyming CDCDCD or CDEEDE | 36 | |
| 13656875430 | Italian Sonnet | type of sonnet; octave's rhyme scheme is preserved, but sestet rhymes CDDCEE | 37 | |
| 13656879027 | English/Shakespearean Sonnet | type of sonnet; condenses 14 lines into one stanza of three quatrains, with a concluding couplet. Rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG | 38 | |
| 13656882025 | Spenserian Sonnet | type of sonnet; like English, but interlocks the three quatrains. Rhyme scheme is ABAB BCBC CDCD EE | 39 | |
| 13656886225 | Iamb, Iambic | u / (unstressed, stressed) | 40 | |
| 13656889332 | Trochee, Trochaic | / u (stressed, unstressed) | 41 | |
| 13656889333 | Anapest, Anapestic | u u / (unstressed, unstressed, stressed) | 42 | |
| 13656893771 | Dactyl, Dactylic | / u u (stressed, unstressed, unstressed) | 43 | |
| 13656893772 | Spondee, Spondaic | / / (stressed, stressed) | 44 | |
| 13656896721 | Pyrrhus, Pyrraic | u u (unstressed, unstressed) | 45 |
