Narrative

Narrative: a type of poem that tells a story.
ex: "There was three kings into the east, 
Three kings both great and high, 
And they hae sworn a solemn oath 
John Barleycorn should die."
Excerpt from John Barleycorn by Robert Burns

Assonance

Assonance: the same vowel sound. 

ex: Try to light the fire.
Significance: It creates rhymes to make a poem more interesting.

Alliteration

Alliteration: the repetition of the leading consonant sound.

ex: Mike's microphone made much music.
Significance: Alliteration makes a poem more interesting but it is challenging when readers are trying to read fast.

Meter

Meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

ex: Daily, daily, / sing to Mary,

Sing my soul her praises due:

All her feasts, her / actions honor,

With the heart's devotion true.

Now in wond'ring / contemplation,

Be her majesty confessed;

Call her Mother / call her Virgin,

Happy Mother, Virgin blest.

Significance: Meter gives rhymes to a poem and makes it sound like a song.

Couplet

Couplet: when two stanza lines rhyme with each other.

ex: It is such a shame
     That i didn't do the same
Significance: Couplet is the most common way to recognize rhymes in the poem.

Elegy

Elegy: a type of poem for the dead.

ex:

I before my death,  Have composed,  An elegy of the Earth,  Which (after war)  Roodali of the Air will sing,  Weeping and wailing,  Sitting amid the burnt  Decomposed bodies. Significance: It makes people memorize the dead.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia: words that describe sounds.

ex: Kaboom!
     Buzz!
     Bang!
Significance: Onomatopoeia is the best way to describe sounds and make the readers easier to imagine.