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| 9552235862 | Ode | A poem written in exaltation of someone or something | 0 | |
| 9552238242 | Elegy | A reflective poem typically for someone who has died | 1 | |
| 9552243776 | Sonnet | A 14-line poem typically about unrequited love | 2 | |
| 9552250445 | Shakespearean sonnet | Three quatrains (12) and a couplet (2) following an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme | 3 | |
| 9552259275 | Petrarchan sonnet | An octave (8) with an abbaabba rhyme scheme + a sestet (6) with a cdecde or cdcdcd rhyme scheme | 4 | |
| 9552269978 | Ballad | A poem that is typically meant to be sung | 5 | |
| 9552279756 | Epic | A narrative poem of great length with a hero as the main character | 6 | |
| 9552326409 | Limerick | A humorous, frequently bawdy verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba | 7 | |
| 9552337466 | Pastoral | A poem dealing with shepherds and rustic life | 8 | |
| 9552343962 | Blank verse | verse without rhyme | 9 | |
| 9552347538 | Free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. | 10 | |
| 9552351280 | Rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. | 11 | |
| 9552354852 | Internal rhyme | a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. | 12 | |
| 9552358113 | End rhyme | when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same | 13 | |
| 9552670626 | Refrain | Line or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a poem, generally at the end of the stanza | 14 | |
| 9552679461 | Parallel structure | repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases | 15 | |
| 9552681787 | Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 16 | |
| 9552684006 | Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds | 17 | |
| 9552686903 | Quatrain | Stanza with four lines | 18 | |
| 9552696529 | Sestina | A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends | 19 | |
| 9552710159 | Octave | A poem or stanza with eight lines | 20 | |
| 9552712379 | Tone | A poet's attitude towards the subject | 21 | |
| 9552716993 | Apostrophe | When the poet directly calls on someone or something that is not in the poem | 22 | |
| 9552720850 | Interjection | Usually an exclamation, this device is used to show the poet's emotions | 23 | |
| 9552724519 | Mood | The feeling or vibe in the poem | 24 | |
| 9552731256 | Metaphor | A comparison between two things WITHOUT using like or as | 25 | |
| 9552732885 | Simile | A comparison between two things using like or as | 26 | |
| 9552734588 | Personification | Giving human characteristics to non-human objects | 27 | |
| 9552738396 | Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration | 28 | |
| 9552742675 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 29 | |
| 9552748106 | Onomatopoeia | Sound words--snap, crackle, pop! | 30 | |
| 9552751060 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 31 | |
| 9552773592 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 32 | |
| 9552777301 | Stressed syllable | Hard or accented portions of a word; receives vocal emphasis | 33 | |
| 9552794534 | Unstressed syllable | Soft or unaccented portions | 34 | |
| 9552797965 | Iambic meter | An iamb is a metrical foot having two syllables: the first unstressed and the second stressed | 35 | |
| 9552810270 | Monometer | One metrical foot | 36 | |
| 9552816708 | Dimeter | Two metrical feet | 37 | |
| 9552825042 | Trimeter | Three metrical feet | 38 | |
| 9552827746 | Tetrameter | Four metrical feet | 39 | |
| 9552827747 | Pentameter | Five metrical feet | 40 | |
| 9552829742 | Hexameter | Six metrical feet | 41 | |
| 9552832022 | Heptameter | Seven metrical feet | 42 | |
| 9552832023 | Octameter | Eight metrical feet | 43 | |
| 9552835505 | Caesura | A break resulting from the natural progression of speech | 44 | |
| 9561703944 | Unrequited love | This is when love is one-sided, rejected, or otherwise misunderstood by the beloved leading to rejection | 45 | |
| 9561718172 | Metaphysical poetry | Poetry marked by use of conceit, incongruous imagery, use of paradox, harsh or rigid expression, and subtlety and complexity of thought. | 46 | |
| 9561746937 | Devotional poetry | Deeply personal poetry that is written as if it were a prayer or direct communication with God; reveals spiritual truth and/or the poet's relationship with God. | 47 | |
| 9561759662 | Country house poetry | a poem in which the author compliments a wealthy patron or a friend through a description of his country house; very detailed in nature; the details often symbolize the patron or friend's qualities. | 48 | |
| 9561855432 | Egotistical sublime | When the events of a story or poem are conveyed and viewed through the lens of the poet's own experiences, feelings, and/or stance on the matter at hand; opposite of negative capability |  | 49 |
| 9561877435 | Negative capability | The ability of an author or poet to remove their personal influence from the delivery of the message or story; opposite of egotistical sublime |  | 50 |
| 9561909225 | Paradox | A contradictory statement or idea that conveys a truth | 51 | |
| 9561915562 | Enjambment | when the end of a line in a stanza is part of the next line Ex: Do I dare Disturb the universe? | 52 | |
| 9561932889 | Autobiographical poetry | Deeply personal poetry that conveys a poet's own experiences and reactions to those experiences | 53 |
