ENGLISH 12 POETRY & DRAMA GLOSSARY
Poetic Device
Alliteration
Allusion
Apostrophe
Aside
Assonance
Ballad
Blank Verse
Cacophony
Cadence
Caesura
Cinquain
Cliché
Closed form
Colloquialism
Colloquial
Language
Concrete Poem
Connotation
Consonance
Couplet
Denotation
Diction
Didactic
Dirge
Dissonance
Doggerel
Definition
Repetition of the first sounds of nearby words; often used to reinforce meaning or to imitate
a sound relevant to what is being described. Ties words together and creates rhythm. Note
that alliteration can be created with different letter that create the same sounds – I.e. “c”
and “k”.
A reference to a famous literary, mythological, Biblical, pop culture, or historical figure
(person or thing). Allusion adds to the depth of meaning of a poem since it reminds the
reader of an entire story which can be applied to the poem.
Directly addressing an inanimate object as though they were human; addressing the dead as
though they were living; or addressing people who are not actually present when one speaks
to them. Therefore, a form of personification. Often used in patriotic poetry and to express
some deep emotion. Also used to satirize or parody such poems.
An aside is meant for only the audience, and the other actors ´can't hear it. It is a short,
quick interjection that reveals inner the thoughts of the character for the purpose of
informing the audience.
Repetition of certain vowel sounds in words that are close together in lines or series of lines
of poetry; can create sound effects and moods.
A narrative poem, usually containing much repetition and often a repeated refrain. Ballads
were originally folk songs passed on from age to age. Ballads often tell of a single dramatic
episode, include dialogue, and are made up of 4-line stanzas (quatrains).
A form of verse which is written in iambic pentameter* and is not rhymed. (*Each line of a
poem is divided into five metrical feet (pentameter); each foot is made up of two syllables
with the accent always on the second syllable).
Discordant or harsh sounds which are introduced for poetic effect. The sounds underline the
image that is presented.
Natural rhythm of the language determined by its alternation of stressed and unstressed
syllables.
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. There is a
caesura right after the question mark in the first line of this sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett
Browning: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
A form of poem which consists of 5 lines, as follows:
1st line - two syllables; 2nd line - four syllables; 3rd line - six syllables; 4th line - eight syllables;
5th line - two syllables. The effect of the final line is to “snap” the poem back to its
conclusion. There is thus a buildup of line length, then a quick snap and the poem ends.
Cinquains can be on any subject, and are unrhymed.
Expressions that are so common and overused that they fail to impart any real impact on the
reader, and may, in fact, annoy your reader.
A poem written in a set pattern. For example, the sonnet or the ode, which makes certain
demands on the poet regarding structure, meter, rhyme, scheme, and sometimes imagery.
Most older poetry is closed form.
A word or phrase such as slang that is employed in conversational or informal language but
should not be used in formal speech or formal writing.
Colloquial language is informal language that is not rude, but would not be used in formal
situations. Slang is an example.
Poetry which has a definite shape suggesting the poem’s subject, and tend to play with
letters, sounds, or words, using them in new, original ways.
The feelings and associations suggested by a word. For example: note the different
associations of the words horse; steed; mare. Skillful use of connotations enables the poet to
suggest wide-ranging attitudes for certain words. Connotations play a vital role in setting the
feeling and tone of a poem.
The repetition of the same consonant sound within words in close proximity.
Two successive lines of rhyming verse having the same number of feet. Shakespeare uses a
rhyming couplet in the last two lines of his sonnets.
The literal meaning or dictionary meaning of a word. Note that several English words have
several detonations and can be used as more than one part of speech. E.g. a run, run home.
The choice and arrangement of words in a selection. Words in poetic writing are usually
selected for their sound and meaning as well as the ideas and feelings they suggest. The
diction in a poem depends on the subject, the poem type, the writer’s purpose, and his style.
A form of poem which has as its primary intention the teaching of some lesson or moral or
the making of some moral statement about society.
Lyrical poem or song of lament.
The opposite of assonance and consonance. It occurs when sounds are so different they
clash* with each other.
Rough, crudely written verse. It is usually unintentionally humorous.
Example
“fair freedom’s flag”
“Cupid’s arrows struck them”
“O Canada”
“Death, where is thy sting?”
“O rose, thou art sick.”
In the “balcony scene” of Act 2,
scene 2, Romeo says to the
audience: [Aside.] “Shall I hear
more, or shall I speak at this?”
“Our echoes roll from soul to soul”
Shakespeare uses blank verse in
most of his plays to imitate normal
speech patterns in English.
Just now
Out of the strange
Still dusk - as strange, as still
A white moth flew. Why I am grown
So cold?
All’s well that ends well.
Plenty of fish in the sea.
I.e. wanna, gonna.
i.e. “you know”, “pretty good”,
“Such weight and thick pink bulk”
The poem, A Poison Tree
“"The wind flung a magpie away
and a black/ Back gull bent like an
iron bar slowly"
Poetry Glossary
Poetic Device
Double Rhyme
Drama
Dramatic Form
Dramatic
Monologue
Elegy
End-Stopped Line
End Rhyme
Enjambment
Epic
Epigram
Epitaph
Euphemism
Eulogy
Euphony
Exact Rhyme
Fable
Feeling
Figurative
Language
Figures of Speech
Foot
Form
Free Verse
Haiku
Homily
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Definition
Example
A rhyme of two or more syllables in which rhyming stressed syllables are followed by rhyming
unstressed syllables.
“Falling - calling; sing to her - cling
to her.” Often used for comic
effect - e.g. platinum - flatten ‘em;
but occasionally used in serious
verse.
A play - a specific mode of fiction represented in performance - for theatre, radio, or
television.
A variety of ways to express dramatic meaning (e.g., improvisation, tableau, role, Story
Theatre, dance drama, Readers Theatre, mask, mime, puppetry, script work, audiovisual);
may involve the integration of a variety of media and a combination of the arts.
A lyric poem in which the speaker addresses his or her words to someone who is present but
silent. The speaker becomes a character in a dramatic situation and his or her words, which
are spoken at a decisive or revealing moment, give some insight into the speaker, perhaps
unwittingly.
A formal a poem, song, or other work of art composed as a lament to honour someone who
has died. The poet usually sets forth his or her ideas about death or some other serious
subject. Because of the serious nature of elegies, they are often parodied or satirized.
A full pause at the end of a line of poetry, usually marked by a punctuation mark. The
opposite of a run-on line.
Rhyme which comes the end of lines. Most rhyme in poetry is end rhyme.
The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a
poem to the next line or couplet without a pause. An example of enjambment can be found
in the first line of Joyce Kilmer's poem Trees: “I think that I shall never see/A poem as lovely
as a tree.” Enjambment comes from the French word for “to straddle.”
A long narrative poem which tells of the adventures of heroic characters, covers a long period
of time, or describes some monumental task. Often, supernatural forces play a part in the
action. Because epics are often written in elaborate, elevated language, they are frequently
parodied, though the parodies are generally much shorter than the originals.
A short, concise poem which summarizes some valuable truth. Usually the poem leads up to
a sudden twist or witty turn of thought in the last line. Though often humorous, some
epigrams are serious. The form is used to make the statement or theme easily memorable.
A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an
inscription on a tombstone.
Milder / harmless words or phrases used to blunt the effect of more direct or unpleasant
words or phrases, or suggest something more upsetting or harsh.
a speech or written tribute (prose) praising someone who had died, especially one composed
for that person’s funeral. Unlike elegy, which is often used figuratively or to describe a work
of art with a mournful tone (and it gives rise to the adjective elegiac, meaning mournful),
eulogy is almost always used literally.
Pleasing sounds - generally the result of ease of articulation and a sequence of attractive
images as well as the inherently pleasing nature of the sounds.
A rhyme in which the sounds after the vowel sounds are the same.
A brief narrative-verse or prose that illustrates some moral truth. Characters are often
animals, and the animals are human-like and speak.
One of the four kinds of meaning; how the speaker of the words of the poem feels about
what he or she is discussing.
Variations from the normal order, structure, or meaning of words to gain strength and depth
of expression or to create a visual or other sensory effect in the reader’s mind.
The various techniques or devices of figurative language. Thus simile, metaphor and
personification are examples of figures of speech.
A basic unit of measurement for syllable groups in poetry. See meter for an explanation of
different types of feet.
The pattern, structure or organization of a poem; the design of the poem as a whole. Two
common poetic forms are the sonnet and the epigram.
Poetry which has no regular patterns of rhyme, meter or line length. Instead, it relies on
natural speech rhythms. Freed from the traditional conventions associated with poetry, free
verse allows the writer considerable flexibility (also see “Open Form”).
A traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines and seventeen syllables (5-75). While haiku poems have many subtle characteristics, they usually present snapshot-like
images of nature or everyday life, and reveal the emotions of the speaker for a brief,
condensed philosophical view of life.
A sermon addressed to a congregation; a work that admonished its readers and urges them
to adopt a moral attitude.
e.g. Dover Beach
e.g. Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard
True wit is nature to
advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but
ne-er so well expressed.
e.g. The Titanic
Man is a rational animal who
always loses his temper when he is
called upon to act within the
dictates of reason. - Oscar Wilde
"a poignant epitaph to his creative
career"
A euphemism of “dead” is “passed
away”
Dead, head; slavery, knavery;
e.g. simile, metaphor,
personification
Poetry Glossary
Poetic Device
Hyperbole
Iambic
Pentameter
Idiom
Image
Imagery
Intention
Interior
Monologue
Internal Rhyme
Irony
Jargon
Juxtaposition
Legend
Limerick
Literal Meaning/
Language
Lyric
Malapropism
Meaning
Metaphor
 Extended
Metaphor
Meter
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Definition
Example
A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made for emphasis. May be used in
both serious and humorous verse. Often used in love poems.
I.e. My feet are killing me.
Iambic pentameter is the name given to a line of verse that consists of five (“pent”) iambs (an
iamb being one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed, such as "before").
O that this too too solid flesh would
melt, /Thaw, and resolve itself into
a dew! – Shakespeare (Hamlet)
A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning. Idioms are
common phrases or terms whose meaning are not real, but can be understood by their
popular use.
In poetry, a word or sequence of words that refers to a sensory experience. Images help the
reader picture or sense what is being described. Images may be stated in either figurative
language (consisting of such devices as metaphor, simile, etc.), or literal language (when the
description is to be taken for its denotative meaning). Imagery, then, is NOT a synonym of
figurative language. An image always appeals to one or more the senses, pattern or
collection of images within a poem or other literary work.
The collection or pattern of images within a poem or other artistic work. A study of the
imagery of a poem could be of the physical world presented through the poem or of the
devices (figures of speech) which the poet used.
One of the four kinds of meaning, the poet’s apparent purpose in writing the poem or in
expressing the ideas presented in it.
a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts and emotions, sometimes as a
narrative, sometimes as a form of stream-of-consciousness writing.
Rhyme which occurs within lines of poetry. Often used to give strength and vigor to a poem
since it seems to make the action occur more rapidly.
over the moon, see the light, break
a leg, wild goose chase…
In poetry, a difference which the reader senses between the words that are spoken and what
is true. Some techniques used to achieve irony are overstatement, understatement, and
outright contradiction.
Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to
understand.
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect with the
purpose of comparing and contrasting.
A story of a national folk hero, which has a basis in fact but which also includes imaginative
material, such as Paul Bunyon.
A humorous, five-line poem, usually in anapestic rhythm; the first, second and fifth lines
have three feet (trimeter) and rhyme with each other; the third and fourth lines have two
feet (dimeter) and rhyme with each other (aabba). Limericks usually tell of the actions of a
person.
The exact meaning of a word or phrase taken without any added exaggeration, imagination,
or connotations. Literal meaning, then, is similar to denotation and is the opposite of
figurative language.
A short poem expressing the internal and emotional thoughts of a single speaker; usually an
expression of the poet’s feelings about a person, an object, an event or an idea. The intent is
usually to create a single, unified impression on the reader; originated as songs, and they
retain melodic patterns through various forms of rhythm and rhyme.
A blunder in speech or writing caused by the substitution of a word for another similar in
sound but different in meaning.
Four aspects of meaning may be considered:
1. the sense - what the poem is trying to communicate;
2. the feeling - the attitude of the speaker or poet to the subject;
3. the tone - the attitude of the speaker or poet to the reader or audience;
4. the intention - the effect or purpose the poem seems to be trying to achieve.
Meanings of words can also be considered as denotation or connotation. The meaning of a
poem might also be considered as the statement the poem makes and the emotions it evokes
about the subject.
A form of figurative language which makes a comparison by stating that two unlike items are
the same - that one IS the other. Metaphors may be implied, when the quality of one item is
applied to another although the two are not directly stated. Metaphors are used to enrich
the connotations of words and to state concisely a variety of meanings. To say a person is a
star does not require one to list all the qualities of an actual star.
Metaphors may be called extended metaphors when they are especially drawn out or when
they are central to the organization of the poem.
A pattern of stressed syllables which occurs at regular intervals and makes up the rhythm of a
verse.
Now Sam McGee was from
Tennessee where the cotton
blooms and blows
I.e. Legal jargon – “without
prejudice”; medical jargon: “STAT”.
“It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times…” - Dickens
O villain! Thou wilt be condemned
into everlasting redemption for this.
“He was a roaring lion”
“They were falcons in a snare”
implied metaphor: “He flew to her
rescue” (He is given the quality f a
bird although the bird is not
mentioned)
iambic,
spondaic
anapestic,
dactylic,
Poetry Glossary
Poetic Device
Metonymy
Monologue
Mood
Moral
Narrative
Octave
Ode
Onomatopoeia
Open Form
Overstatement
Oxymoron
Paradox
Paraphrase
Parody
Pastoral
Personification
Pun
Purpose
Quatrain
Refrain
Repetition
Rhetorical
Question
Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Rhythm
Run-On Line
Satire
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Definition
A figure of speech when something (a term) very closely associated with a thing is used to
stand for or suggest the thing itself. Often an object is described by its function or by a word
closely associated with it.
A monologue is when one character speaks at length to another character, so they intend to
be heard by others. Think of it this way: a monologue is, literally, half of a dialogue (mono- =
one, dia- = two.) So one character speaking to another without getting a response is a
monologue.
The attitude or tone which runs through an entire poem; the attitude which the poet takes
toward the subject and theme. Often used as synonym for tone.
The lesson of a work of literature. A moral reduces a passage to what it can teach its readers
about how to live.
A poem that tells a story and organizes its action according to a sequence of time (though not
necessarily chronological order).
A stanza of eight lines; commonly used as the first 8 lines of an Italian Sonnet.
A longer lyric poem having a serious subject and dignified style; poem on an exalted theme,
expressed in dignified, sincere language, serious in tone, and usually in praise of something
or somebody. Because of their serious nature, odes are often parodied or satirized.
A figure of speech where words that in themselves sound like what they are describing; their
sound imitates, suggests and reinforces its meaning
A poem which follows no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm. The poet uses white space and
varying line lengths to achieve emphasis. Most modern poetry is in open form. Sometimes
called “free verse”
A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made. Also called hyperbole. May
be used in both serious and humorous verse. Often used in love poems.
The deliberate side-by-side placement of words that seem contradictory in meaning that
reveals a deeper truth.
A statement which, on first reading, appears to be self-contradictory (saying two opposite
things), but which, on closer examination, proves to be true.
A statement in prose which states the same thing as a given poem, though in different words.
That is, putting into one’s own words what one understands the poem is saying. Usually, the
first step in interpreting a poem is to write a paraphrase of it or of the difficult passages in it.
A poem written in humorous imitation of another poem. Usually, the parody imitates the
tone, form and imagery of the original, but applies them to some ridiculous object.
A brief poem that focuses on scenes from rural or pastoral life. It often contains descriptions
of shepherds and idealized views of life.
A figure of speech in which a non-human thing (ie. animal, object or abstract idea) is given
human attributes (such as emotions, thoughts or actions)
A play on words. Three forms: 1) a word with two different meanings; 2) similarity of
meanings in two words that are homonyms; 3) two words that are pronounced and spelled
similarly but which have different meanings.
The poet’s or speaker’s apparent reason for expressing the ideas contained in the poem. See
also intention.
A stanza of 4 lines.
(Or Chorus). A phrase or sentence repeated at regular intervals in a poem or song. Refrains
usually occur after each stanza.
Repeating of words, phrases, lines or stanzas that can both create a sound effect and bring
focus on the meaning.
A question asked, not to elicit information, but to achieve a stylistic effect.
Final sounds of words are similar; used to create a sense of melody. Rhyme is used to give a
pleasing sound to a poem or stanza, and to unify and separate the divisions of a poem. Much
modern poetry does not contain rhyme.
The pattern of rhyme within a stanza or poem. The rhyme scheme is usually shown by
applying to each similar rhyme the same letter of the alphabet.
In poetry, the pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a poem. All spoken language has
a rhythm, however, it is not as regular as the rhythm of poetry. Sense of beat in poetry;
created by control of meter, repetition, and rhyme. Rhythm in poetry is measured by
scansion.
The carrying over of sense and grammatical structure of poetry to the following line,
sometimes one stanza to the next. Used to affect the rhythm of the poem by causing pauses
to fall within lines rather than at the ends.
A humorous criticism of a person or persons, or of some aspect of human behaviour, or of
some human institution or creation. A form of didactic poetry. Uses wit, humour, or ridicule
to criticize and provoke change.
Example
“the kettle is boiling “ (really the
WATER is boiling)
crash, roar, hum
I.e. My feet are killing me.
Gentle storm
The truth is bitter sweet
At birth one’s death begins
The Passionate Shepherd to his
Love
“Flowers danced in the wind”
“That’s very punny.”
steeple
town
people
down
a
b
a
b
“At 12, instructed
by the comic books already
latent in my head”
Poetry Glossary
Poetic Device
Scansion
Sense
Sestet
Sestina
Setting
Simile
Single Rhyme
Slant Rhyme
Soliloquy
Sonnet
 Italian
(Petrachian)
Sonnet
 English
(Shakespearean)
Sonnet
Speaker
Stanza
Structure
Symbol
Synecdoche
Theme
Tone
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Definition
Example
The analysis of the patterns of stress (meter and length of lines) within a poem. A way to
listen to the sound of a poem to beat its effects. Scansion indicates the basic meter of a
poem and the variations in it. Often those variations are related to important aspects of
meaning. Scansion can be an aid to interpretation.
The literal meaning of the poem, one of the four aspects of meaning (along with feeling,
tone, intention). The sense of a poem can often be stated in a paraphrase.
A stanza of 6 lines; commonly used in the last 6 lines of an Italian Sonnet.
A short poem which takes as its structure a group of 6 key words. These words are placed at
the end of each line of the poem, and form a pattern from one stanza to the next. The words
can change form, such as play can become playful or playing; homework can become home
or homeless.
The time and place in which the actions of a piece of literature occurs.
A figure of speech in which there is a direct statement of similarity or comparison between
two essentially unlike items, usually through the use of a word such as “like”, “as” “than”, or
by a verb such as “resembles”.
A rhyme of one syllable words or in words of more than one syllable, a rhyme of stressed
final syllables.
A rhyme in which the words have similar but not exactly the same rhyming sounds, or in
which the final consonants are the same but the vowels differ. When analyzing rhyme, the
reader should consider if the apparent slant rhyme is the result of changes in the
pronunciation since the poem was written. (ie.. tea pronounced tay) Slant rhymes in modern
poetry are probably intended as such.
A soliloquy is a character speaking his thoughts out loud for the audience to hear. Soliloquies
are spoken when the character believes he is alone. The technique frequently reveals a
character’s innermost thoughts, including his feelings, state of mind, motives or intentions.
(Soliloquies are often referred to as dramatic monologues*)
A lyric poem of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter following one of several possible rhyme
schemes. The two main types of sonnet are the Italian (or Petrarchan), and the English or
Shakespearean. The sonnet is an example of a closed form poem.
The Italian Sonnet is divided into two parts - an eight-line section (octave) rhymed abba,
abba, and a six-line section (sestet) rhymed cde, cde. Often the octave states a problem or
question and the sestet offers a solution.
The English Sonnet usually has three four-line sections, each with its own rhyme scheme, and
ends in a two-line rhymed couplet. The rhyme scheme then is usually abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
The final couplet is usually a concluding statement commenting on the preceding thoughts.
The person or persons who speaks the words of the poem. Poets often create a fictional
character as playwrights do. The speaker must then speak in a certain way according to the
situation presented in the poem. When the author is clearly speaking in his or her own
terms, it is acceptable to speak of the poet rather than the speaker, but this is often hard to
decide. Reading several poems by the same author may help a reader to see similarities in
tone and feeling which might distinguish speaker from poet. Also called persona.
A group of two or more lines in a poem linked on the basis of length, meter, rhyme scheme,
or thought (more common in modern poetry). Each stanza is usually set off from the
preceding and following stanzas by space. A traditional stanza form is the ballad. Strictly
speaking, a stanza is not the same as a verse. See verse.
In poetry, the way a poem is put together. Because poems are unified wholes, structure will
be shown in patterns of various kinds within the poem. 1) syntactic - the sentences that make
up the poem; 2) the pattern of images that recur throughout the poem or at important
points in it; 3) found in the pattern of rhythm and/or rhyme. Other kinds of structure may
also be found (see examples). Structure is most easily discovered through repeated and
relatively fast readings of the entire poem. A sense of a poem’s structure is an essential step
towards more detailed interpretations.
Something that stands for something else; usually sums up a large number of ideas and
attitudes and can mean different things in different circumstances. Symbols depend on
connotations the reader attributes to them; hence they suggest or evoke meanings rather
than state them directly.
When part of something (or material from which it is made) is substituted for the whole.
In poetry, the central thought of the poem as a whole, the abstract concept which is made
concrete through the imagery and other features of the poem. Theme is not the same as the
subject or topic of the poem. It may be helpful to think of theme as the statement the poem
makes about the topic. A one or two sentence paraphrase is a way to clarify one’s thoughts
about the theme.
One of the four aspects of the meaning of a poem, the attitude the poet takes toward the
audience. Thus, tone may be any of the normal human attitudes, e.g. angry, serious,
mocking, humorous. The reader should be aware of the tone of a poem so that he or she
may know the feelings he or she is to share while reading it.
“My love is like a red, red rose”
Fun
run
Black - rock; web-step; bendwand.
Nuns Fret Not
Sonnet 18
Couplet - 2 lines, tercet / triplet - 3
lines, quatrain - 4 lines, sestet - 6
lines, octet / octave - 8 lines
I.e. A sonnet has fourteen lines
divided into two groups, either 12
lines and 2 or 8 lines and 6.
Narrative poems usually have a
dramatic structure consisting of an
introduction, conflict, rising action,
climax and conclusion.
“All hands on deck”
Poetry Glossary
Poetic Device
Topic
Understatement
Unity
Verse
Villanelles
Voice
Wit
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Definition
The subject matter of a poem; also called the subject. For example, war, death, love,
people. Most poems make some statement about the topic - see theme.
A figure of speech in which something is deliberately underrated or said to be less than it is.
Understatement has the effect of implying that the thing described is more than it is,
allowing the reader to add the significance. Understatement is, therefore, a form of irony.
The wholeness of a poem in which the entire poem is seen as being organized around a basic
form or idea and to which all parts are related. A poem has unity when the ideas, the form
and the language all seem to contribute to presenting a single meaning or unified impression.
Used with two meanings: 1) referring to a line of poetry
2) as a general name given to poetry. Sometimes loosely used to refer to a stanza in poetry,
though the two terms are better kept distinct.
A form of poem that is usually written in triplet (three lines per stanza), with iambic
pentameter. There is a tight rhyme scheme, usually aba, and the first line is repeated at the
end of the second stanza, then the third line is repeated at the end of the third stanza, then
the first line at the end of the fourth stanza, and so on in a pattern. The final stanza is four
lines, with the final lines being a repetition of the first verse.
The author's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the
author's attitude, personality, and character.
A natural aptitude/ talent for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create
humour.
Example
I.e. after winning a million dollar
lottery, you say, “that’s nice”.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good
Night
Mark Twain: "Age is mostly a
matter of mind. If you don't mind, it
doesn't matter."