Rhyme in which the same vowel sound… Purple curtain Thrilled me, willed me
Alliteration… Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase
Grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore…
Item or object that represents something else… The raven symbolizes evil
A comparison of two things… Her smile was my sunshine
Comparison using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’… Her smile was like sunshine
The use of words to paint a mental picture… The deep, dark valley shivered in the moon light.
Couplet… Pair of lines that rhyme…usually part of a larger poem
Light Verse… Nursery rhymes…fun rhymes
Quatrain… 4 line rhyme…AABB or ABAB
Limerick…** A funny …5 lines…Irish…AABBA
Haiku…** Short Japanese poem with 17 syllables in 3 lines
Free Verse…** Lines do not rhyme
Ballad…** A story song
STANZA… Paragraph of poetry
Sonnet…** 3 four line stanzas followed by a 2 line stanza
Acrostic…** First letter of each lines spells a word vertically
Narrative… Tells a story