| Dictionary Term | Cross References |
| conceit | Henry Vaughan, Walter Ralegh, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, John Cleveland, John Donne |
| dramatic monologue | poetry genre, British literary history, Renaissance poetry, John Donne, Metaphysical poetry, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell |
| echo verse | poetry genre, Renaissance poetry, Philip Sidney, George Herbert |
| icon | element of poetry, George Herbert, emblem-book, ekphrasis |
| lyric | poetry genre, general literary history, Renaissance poetry, Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Daniel, Spenser, Shakespeare, Campion, Drayton, Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Lovelace, Suckling, Carew, Marvell, Herrick, Herbert, Vaughan |
| metaphysical | Renaissance poetry, Donne, Carew, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell, Cleveland, Cowley |
| pruning poem | poetry genre, Herbert |
| war poets, the | British lit., British poetry, 20th century British lit., 20th century British poetry, Owen, Sassoon, Blunden, Sorley, Rosenberg, Hodgson, Shanks, Edward Thomas, Robert Nichols, Wilfred Gibson, Alan Seeger, Herbert Asquith, David Jones, Sidney Keyes |