Dipodic Verse
The “Two-footed”…..
Connotation
The ideas….
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement…..
Personification
The breath of life you give inanimate objects….
Parallelism
Parallelism from the Greek roots meaning……
Metaphor
You compare one thing to another…….
The Terza Rima
Your interlocking rhyme scheme…..
Imagery
It is visual……
Free Verse
Vers libre……
Simile
You are just a figure of speech……
Irony
One thing and another in contrast…….
The Petrarchan Sonnet And The Shakespearean Sonnet
The Petrarchan sonnet; that is your name……
Villanelle
Villanelle your nineteen-line form I see…..
The Horses Of The Night
The silver horses gallop along the sky……
To Limerick
All the world’s a stage and this is your clown……
Metonymy
Substitution….
Synecdoche
The apprehension of one thing by another…..
Syllabic Verses
Verses when meter has been set aside….
Euphony
So melodious…..
Epic
A long narrative poem…..