The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

19th century Adjective anapaestic applied ballads called century bce characters classical comedy consult conventions couplets criticism culture D. H. Lawrence denote distinct drama early English verse epic especially essay example fiction figure formal French fuller account genre German Greek I. A. Richards iambic imitation important influence Italian John kind known language late later Latin linguistic LINKS literary theory literature lyric meaning medieval metaphor metre modern monologue movement narrative narrator notably novel pattern peripeteia philosopher phrase play plural poem poetic poetry poets principle prose reader referred Renaissance rhetorical rhyme Roman Romanticism Russian Formalism satire sense sequence Shakespeare sometimes song sonnet stanza story stressed structure style syllables T. S. Eliot term theatre theorists tradition tragedy triple metre trochee unstressed syllables usually Vepic Verb verse form verse line Vfigure of speech Vgenre Vmetre Vnarrative Vplot W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden word writing written