 Verbless poetry See also Main list:               List of basic poetry topics  List of literary terms Literature Poet Poetry Further reading M. H. Abrams.
<meaning-changed>  Verbless poetry See also Main list:               List of basic poetry topics  List of literary terms Literature Poet Poetry Further reading M. H. Abrams.
 Verbless poetry See also Main list: Allusion: a brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement; in other words, a figure of speech using indirect reference." Anacrusis: brief introduction. Anaphora: the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines to give emphasis. Apostrophe: an address to a dead or absent person, or personification as if that person were present. Example: "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman. Blason: describes the physical attributes of a subject, usually female. Circumlocution: a roundabout wording. Example: In "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“twice five miles of fertile ground” (i.e., 10 miles). Epistrophe (aka epiphora): the repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases or verses. Epizeuxis: the immediate repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis. Metaphor: a rhetorical figure of speech marked by implicit comparison, rather than direct or explicit comparison like in a simile. In a metaphor, the tenor is the subject to which attributes are ascribed (i.e., the target); the vehicle is the subject from which the attributes are derived/borrowed (i.e., the source); and ground is the shared properties between the two.Cuddon, J. A. (1998) "Tenor and vehicle." In A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (4th ed.). Oxford List of basic poetry topics List of literary terms Literature Poet Poetry Further reading M. H. Abrams.