| A | B |
|---|
| metaphor | comparison in which one thing is spoken of as if it were something else |
| meter | rhythmical pattern of a poem |
| narrative poem | tells a story in verse |
| ode | complicated lyric poem that is exalted in tone |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds |
| parody | an imitation of a well-known poem |
| pastoral | poem about shepherds or rural life |
| personification | a nonhuman subject given human characteristics |
| refrain | regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem |
| romantic poem | centered on the poet's feelings rather than the outer world |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at end of words |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| sonnet | 14 line poem concerned with a single thought or feeling |
| stanza | group of lines in a poem |
| theme | central idea |
