| A | B |
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| Narrative Poem | a poem that tells a story and has a plot |
| Dramatic Poetry | occurs in a dramatic work, such as a play, composed in poetic form |
| Lyric Poetry | poetry that has the form and musical quality of a |
| Ballad | usually has foreshortened, alternating four-stress lines ("ballad meter") and simple repeating rhymes, often with a refrain. |
| Speaker | the narrator of the poem |
| Rhythm | the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. |
| Rhyme | may refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes |
| Free Verse | poetry without a rhyme scheme |
| Blank Verse | a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme |
| Figurative Language | states the facts with comparisons to similar events and some possible exaggerations |
| Simile | a form of comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | A form of comparison |
| Extended Metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work |
