Ap lit November cotton flower
Sonnet
14 line poem written in iambic pentameter, but in contemporary poetry, themes and form vary.
meter
A rhythmical pattern of a poem, created through accented and unaccented syllables
Paradox
A statement or situation that at first seems impossible or oxymoronic, but which solves itself and reveals meaning
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds
Syntax
Sentence structure
antecedent
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Apostrophe
a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or object, or some abstract identity
Understatement
deliberately representing something as much less than it really is in order to stress its magnitude
Enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases
Diction
word choice