an arrangement of a certain number of lines, forming a division

of a poem.

giving human qualities or characteristics to

non-human things

a comparison using "like" or "as"

"The wet grass twinkled like diamonds in the sunlight"

comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

"The wet blades of grass were diamonds in the sunlight."

rhyme

words that end the same

"that cat sat on the hat" 

words that begin the same

"bouncing, babbling, baby boy"

A set of mental pictures or images

The mental pictures created by a piece of writing.

The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

the pattern of recurrent strong and weak accents, vocalization and silence, used in music and poetry