8 line stanza
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Omitting conjunctions
Quatrain
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Synaesthesia
Exact Rhyme
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Damning with faint praise
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Sestet
six line stanza
Extended Metaphor
Denouement
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Paradox
Verbal irony
Pun
A play on words
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Caesurae
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Shakespeare Sonnet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
