| A | B |
|---|
| Epitaph | Lines commemorating the dead at their burial place |
| Farce | Exaggerated comedy or funny play |
| Couplet | Pair of lines that end in rhyme |
| Euphemism | Word or phrase that takes the place of a harsh reality |
| Epic | Long, narrative poem on a serious theme in a dignified style |
| Denotation | Literal, dictionary meaning of a word |
| Conceit | Fanciful or whimsical idea |
| Doggerel | Crude, simplistic verse often in sing-song rhymes |
| Dissonance | The grating of incompatible sounds |
| Elegy | A poem that meditates on death in a serious way |
| Euphony | A harmonious blending of sounds |
| Decorum | Speech styled to the occasion |
| Connotation | Everything a word implies or suggests |
| Dirge | A song for the dead |
| Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds within words |
| Diction/Syntax | Word choice/Word order |
