The use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes: quack, buzz, rattle, bang, squeak

A foot containing one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Example: away

A stanza consisting of two lines that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

A poem containing 14 lines, divided into three quatrains and a couplet. Typically follows an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme.

The study of sentence structure

The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words: "descending dewdrops," "luscious lemons."

A foot containing one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Example: lovely

A three line stanza.

A poem containing 14 lines, divided into an octave (first 8 lines), and a sestet (final 6 lines). Typically follows an abbaabba cdecde rhyme scheme.

The author's attitude towards a topic

The repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words: "asleep under a tree."

A foot containing two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one. Example: understand

A three line stanza in which all the lines rhyme.

What is another name for an English Sonnet

An author's word choice

Lines that are musically pleasant to the ear and smooth.

A foot containing one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones. Example: desperate

An interlocking three-line rhyme scheme: aba, bcb, cdc, ded, and so on.

A poem consisting of 19 lines of any length, divided into six stanzas: five tercets and a concluding quatrain. Line 1 appears in its entirety as lines 6, 12, and 18; while line 3 appears as lines 9, 15, and 19.

Extreme exaggeration

Lines that are discordant and difficult to pronounce.

A foot containing two stressed syllables. Example: dead set

A four line stanza and the most common stanzaic form in the English language,

A poem containing 39 lines divided into six six-line stanzas and a three-line concluding stanza called an envoy. The last six words of the first stanza are repeated in the subsequent stanzas and repeated again in the final three lines.

The author's message. What the author wants us to think about.