General Poetry Terms:
* Eerie: evoking a feeling of unease or fear
* Elegiac: expressing sorrow or lament
* Elegy: a poem of mourning
* Epic: a long narrative poem, often about heroic deeds
* Epithet: a descriptive phrase used to characterize a person or thing
* Enjambment: the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next
* Euphony: the pleasing sound of words
* Exposition: the part of a story that introduces the characters and setting
* Extended metaphor: a metaphor that is developed over several lines or stanzas
* Ethereal: very delicate and light, almost spiritual
Specific Poetry Forms:
* Epic poem: a long narrative poem, often about heroic deeds
* Elegy: a poem of mourning
* Epigram: a short, witty poem or saying
Figurative Language:
* Emotive language: words that evoke strong feelings
* Euphemism: a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
* Exaggeration (hyperbole): an overstatement for emphasis
* Embellishment: the act of adding decorative or fanciful details to something.
Other Poetry Words:
* Echo: a repetition of a word or phrase
* Enjambment: the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next
* Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
* Evocative: bringing strong images, memories, or emotions to mind
* Enchantment: the state of being under a spell or magic
* Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time
This is just a starting point. There are many more poetry words that begin with "E."