Poetry Lesson: Alliteration

I hope to regularly share information and examples on various poetry forms and tools that help poetry sparkle. Today, we'll look at alliteration.

Alliteration: The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.

Example:

Paint Play

Draw with fingers
Dance with brush
Dab with sponges
Swish!
Swoosh!
Swush!


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In the above poem we see repetition of both the initial 'D' sounds in draw, dance, and dab and the 'Sw' sounds in swish, swoosh, and swush.

Challenge: Write a poem (you pick the form) and try to incorporate alliteration.