1. Poetry Terms
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. 
Percy Bysshe Shelley 

2. Theme The central idea of the literary work
Topic + Author’s Opinion = Theme
Example: The theme of The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost, is that one always considers options when choosing and hopes that the choice he or she made is the most beneficial.

3. Examples: Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole
Figurative Language
Writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally
Examples: Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole

4. Metaphor A comparison for 2 unlike things
Example: Morning is a new sheet of paper.

5. Simile Comparison using like or as
Example: He has courage like a lion.

6. Example: Dawn spread out her fingertips of rose.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an animal or thing is described as if it were a person
Example: Dawn spread out her fingertips of rose.

7. Example: Hot like an orange, blazing sun
Imagery
A vivid mental picture created in the reader’s mind by the language used in the poem
Example: Hot like an orange, blazing sun

8. Tone
The emotional attitude towards the reader or towards the subject implied by a literary work
Example: The tone of a poem might be described as ironic, playful, sarcastic, serious (an emotion of some sort)

9. The voice assumed by the writer of the poem
Speaker
The voice assumed by the writer of the poem
Example: The speaker is like the narrator of the poem. S/he will have a specific tone.

10. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
Example:
In the sun, the rain is misty and
bright. Warm and often
relaxing.
In the dark, the rain is hazy and
black. Cold and often
threatening.

11. The repetition of sounds at the end of words
Rhyme
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
Example:
Cat _________________
Fish ________________
Smile ________________

12. Rhyme Scheme A pattern of end rhymes Example:
On the way to the lake, ________
I came across a snake, ________
It slithered around, ________
A touched the ground. ________

13. Symbolism Using an object to represent an idea
Example: A heart stands for ?
A dove stands for?
A four-leaf clover stands for?

14. Example: Buzz, Click, Pop
Onomatopoeia
The use of words or phrases that sound like the things which they refer to
Example: Buzz, Click, Pop

15. Hyperbole Gross exaggeration used to describe something
Example: I have TONS of homework.
I slept in ALL DAY.
She is 1,000 years old.

16. Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Example: To fling my arms wide in the face of the sun.

17. Poetry that avoids use of regular rhyme, meter, or division
Free Verse
Poetry that avoids use of regular rhyme, meter, or division
Example: Most of Shakespeare’s writing (minus the speeches that are sonnets, of course)

18. Repeating a line or phrase in a poem to draw emphasis to it
Repetition
Repeating a line or phrase in a poem to draw emphasis to it
Always pay attention to repeated words and phrases! They are key to figuring out the poem’s meaning!

19. When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.
Irony
When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.
Example: A man robs a bank and then is robbed by another robber while trying to escape the police.