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Poetry Form - Alliteration : Formal Poetry

written by Poet : Doctor-Write


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- Doctor Write 

 

Alliteration: (Malene Little)
Definition:  the repetition of consonant sounds in words near each other.

  • Example One:  Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Eagle” contains “crag” and “crooked” (l 1) and are alliteration because they are separated by only one word and both have the “cr” sound.
  • Example Two:  “[W]atches” and “walls” in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Eagle” (l 5) is alliteration because both begin with “w.”
  • Example Three:  N. Scott Momaday’s “Comparatives” contain alliteration in “babbling boats” (l 5) because both begin with “b.”

http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/poetry_dictionary.html#S

 

  • Example four: 

Fridays Flavours

By Paul McCann

Fridays foretaste frozen for freshness.
Fine fast food .

Fairly fried feasts from foreign fondues .
Finger food.

Fried flounder fetched from fish farms.
Fortified fluids.

Fantastic friends fingers falling for French fudges.

Feeding full flavours flourishing from flowing flames .

Friends forever
Footsteps finding floors.
Faceless frames

 

Example five Dancing Dolphins

By Paul McCann

Those tidal thoroughbreds that tango through the turquoise tide.

Their taut tails thrashing they twist in tribute
to the titans.

They twirl through the trek
tumbling towards the tide .

Throwing themselves towards those theatrical thespians

 

 

Example Six Wisdoms Wings

By Paul Mc Cann

Wise words wait,
while whiskey with water
will whet Wexford
whistles wonderfully .
Wisdoms weaver works
with wit ,
while writing words
with whispering winds whooshing wildly .
Whiskey without water .
Without wondering,
why where words wasted .
Within walls .
While whiskey went well without water,
While wit was wringing wet .
Writing wisdoms wings .

Poetry is the disciplined expression of the written word and the use of structures provides the tools of trade for poetry writing." Paul McCann .

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By Doctor Write 

Originally Posted On Site: 2008-03-01 23:36:23
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