Rhymes are types of poems which have a repetition of the same sounds or words in a sentence which makes the poem particularly interesting and captivating.
Example: I had a cat who wore a funky hat. He looked cool but felt like a complete fool.
Example: I had a cat who wore a funky hat. He looked cool but felt like a complete fool.
What is Alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a sentence or words in the sentence.
Example:"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"
Example:"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"
What is Assonance?
Assonance is a literary device , whereby vowel sounds (A,E,I,O,U) are repeated to create a rhyme within sentences of phrases. Assonance is known as the building blocks of a verse and is used to increase tension on a certain subject to simply add more depth/ detail
Example: “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.” (Carl Sandburg’s Early Moon)
What is Onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is defined as a word that, imitates natural sounds of something. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing being described, for example: "The boy looked up to the sky and suddenly heard the roaring sound of thunder in the distance''.The reader is drawn into sounds like these because they are descriptive and play with peoples thoughts and emotions.Example:“The moan of doves in immemorial elms,And murmuring of innumerable bees…”(‘Come Down, O Maid’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson)
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