Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Ballads may use refrains. A short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry. Poetry concerned with the shortness of life and the need to act in or enjoy the present.
Couplets end the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.
Proper, elevated, elaborate, and often polysyllabic language. This type of language used to be thought the only type suitable for poetry. A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. In some dramatic monologues, especially those by Robert Browning, the speaker may reveal his personality in unexpected and unflattering ways. A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon.