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. A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line. The numbers of feet are given below.
Imagery refers to images throughout a work or throughout the works of a writer or group of writers.
A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. The term is commonly applied to the metaphorical language of a number of early seventeenth-century poets, particularly John Donne. The number of feet within a line of traditional verse. The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, unified by rhythm, rhyme, and topic. A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described.