| A | B |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| connotation | implied/symbolic meaning or words |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| metaphor | comparison between two unlike things |
| apostrophe | to call someone or something in a poem |
| symbol | object that represents an idea |
| rhyming | rhymes in a specific pattern |
| caesura | a pause in the middle of a line of poetry (extra space of dash) |
| theme | main point, lesson or moral of a poem |
| point of view | direction which a poem is told |
| alliteration | repeating sounds at least 3 times (begining of words) |
| monologue | when one person is speaking |
| ode | poem dedicated to a person or thing |
| tone | the mood of a poem |
| protagonist | main character of a poem |
| kenning | replacing an ordinary word with a descriptive word |
| invection | to attack/ accuse with words |
| refrain | repeated lines in a poem |