Glossary of Poetic Terms
Light verse Whimsical poems taking forms such as limericks , nonsense poems, and double dactyls . See Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” and Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” Other masters of light verse include Dorothy Parker , G.K. Chesterton , John Hollander , and Wendy Cope . https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms SHOWING 1 TO 20 OF 245 TERMS Abecedarian Related to acrostic, a poem in which the first letter of each line or stanza follows sequentially through the alphabet. See Jessica Greenbaum, “ A Poem for S. ” Tom Disch’s “ Abecedary ” adapts the principles of an abecedarian poem, while Matthea Harvey’s “ The Future of Terror/The Terror of Future ” sequence also uses the alphabet as an organizing principle. Poets who have used the abecedarian across whole collections include Mary Jo Bang, in The Bride of E , and Harryette Mullen, in ...