The subject of this article is connected with stylistic, poetic and literary terminology. The English lexicography is not as developed as for example the French one. The fact is that English dictionaries are examined by the French metalexicographers that have well-recognized tradition. British people are well-known for their coldness and pragmatism and that is why they are not so responsive to the whole richness of the English artistic language. There are some dictionaries of literary terms elaborated by British specialists but the most of them treat the general problems of its subject of literary theory and comprised only the most frequently figures of speech. The genuine beauty and wealth of any artistic language including the English one should be studied profoundly in order to help the readers to understand better the literary works written in English and to feel their expressivity and their power of suggestion.