Alliteration
Allegory
Allusion
Ambiguity
Anaphora
Antithesis
Assonance
Apostrophe
Caesura
Archetype
Consonance
Leitmotif
Enjambment
Cacophony
Epiphora
Cadence
Hyperbole
Chiasmus
Imagery
Conceit
Irony
Connotation
Metaphor
Denotation
Metonymy
Elegy
Onomatopoeia
Euphemism
Oxymoron
Free verse
Paradox
Haiku
Personification
Homophone
Pun
Idiom
Repetition
Juxtaposition
Rhyme
Limerick
Simile
Lyric
Symbolism
Meter
Synecdoche
Monologue
Tone
Narrative
Understatement
Calligram
Anadiplosis
Ode
Antimetabole
Parody
Aphorism
Pentameter
Ballad
Quatrain
Cliché
Refrain
Dirge
Sestina
Epigram
Sonnet
Eulogy
Stanza
Haibun
Synesthesia
Hendiadys
Terza rima
Hexameter
Tetrameter
Iambic pentameter
Trimeter
Motif
Trochee
Polysyndeton
Villanelle
Rhetorical question
Volta
Satire
Zeugma
Apostrophe
An apostrophe is a poetic device where the writer addresses a person or thing
that isn’t present with an exclamation.
Blank Verse
Blank verse refers to poetry written without rhyme, especially if that poetry is
written in iambic pentameter.
Analogy
Ballet
Contrast
Epitaph
Rondeau
Rhythm
Sibilance
Triolet
word play
Kenning
Couplets