Litotes are understatements usually made with double negatives. An example is:she is not unattractive.
19-0 isn't a bad start to the season.
I am trying to find a poem with litotes in it for a poetry project
Hyperbole is exaggeration. ( I at a million cherries)- You are exaggerating *million* Litotes is something expressed negatively.
La litote means understatement or euphemism.