eg. "deafening silence"

an epigram is a short interesting poem or memorable statement

(Walter White = Heisnburg)

A literary technique that brings together two opposing words. Such as ' deafening silence'.

A long poem in the form of a narrative, which a main character (usually a hero) does things of mythological or historical significance.

Antithesis is used when combining words with opposite meanings, some common examples include worst of times and springs of hope and winter of despair.

consonance is like assonance but instead of having a repeated vowels it consists of a repartition contents like (bad,bed)

A Japanese composed of a series of half-tanka written by different poets. The opening stanza is the basis of the modern haiku form.

1. “free gift”

2. “The stars, Also a statement that is necessarily true such as “she is alive because she is living.”

e.g. Give me a hand

Candance is the way words and sounds flow together in a sequence.

eg. I'm not that sick...

A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically. See Lewis Carroll’s “A

A pithy, instructive statement or truism, like a maxim or adage. See Benjamin Franklin’s “How to get RICHES.”  Browse more aphorisms.

Objectivism looking at a poem with a special eye to its construction.

An understatement for effect. Kinda like the opposite of hyperbole.

verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines