Suggested poetry analysis terminology

Symbolism	The use of an object to represent an idea
Cynicism	Expressing pessimistic attitudes; assuming the worst of things
Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Connotation	The related meanings or associations of words
Ambiguous	Having double or multiple meanings
Personification	The assigning of human qualities to nonhuman things
Rhythm	The beat or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Lyric	Poems with a song-like quality. Poet expresses his personal reaction to things
Narrative	Poems that tell a story
Assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables
Tone	The writer's attitude towards his/her topic
Simile	A figure of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words like or as
Naïvity	Taking a simple approach; often optimistic and over-simple
Onomatopoeia	The use of words to indicate sounds
Pathos	Creating a sense of pity in the reader
Enjambement	Ending a line of poetry without a punctuation mark, in the middle of a phrase or clause
End-stopped	Ending a line of poetry on a punctuation mark at the end of a phrase or clause
Mood	The overall feeling a poem awakens in the reader
Metaphor	A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, without the use of an intervening word