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Allegory
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A story used to make a statement or convey a specific meaning. Its setting, characters, and symbols can be interpreted as either figurative or literal
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Allusion
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A reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, movement, etc.
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Antithesis
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Contrasting or combining two terms, phrases, or clauses with opposed or antithetical meanings.
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Aphorism
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Proverbs, sayings we use every day.
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
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Blank Verse
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Verse consisting of unrhyming lines.
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Cadence
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A rising and falling of the rhythms of speech in a poem.
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Closed Couplet
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A pair of rhymed lines that stands alone as a complete thought.
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Concrete Poetry
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A poem where the type is laid out to present a pictorial representation of the subject of the poem.
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Connotation
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The impression that a word or passage gives beyond its defined meaning.
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Consonance
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The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels. Ex. slip-slop, creak-croak.
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Denotation
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The literal or dictionary definition of a word. Denotation contrasts with connotation.
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Dirge
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A brief funeral hymn or song.
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Elegy
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A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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Epic
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An extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting.
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