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A type of narrative poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited
Ballad
"Don't Stop Believin" by Journey is an example of a
Ballad
In traditional English poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but ends in consolation.
Elegy
A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideas and values of a nation.
Epic
Poetry without a regular pattern of rhyme, rhythm, or meter.
Free Verse
An unrhymed poem of seventeen syllables derived from Japanese verse.
Haiku
A rhymed, humorous, or nonsense poem of five lines.
Limerick
A type of lyric poem that addresses broad, serious themes such as justice, truth, or beauty.
Ode
A poem that has a formal structure, containing fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme and meter.
Sonnet
The overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional feeling of a work.
Mood
The repetition of similar sounds occurring at determined, or regular, intervals.
Rhyme
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
Symbolism
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
Theme
An indirect reference to a person, place, or event.
Allusion
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.
Assonance
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.
Consonance
