Rhetorical Toolbox
I want to write a poem
but which tool should I wield?
Maybe hyperbole, but that would take forever.
Personification? My pen adamantly refuses.
A pun for poetry isn't the write idea.
Slipping in an oxymoron is obviously sneaky.
Metaphors are bottomless pits in my work.
Alliteration usually leaves lasting lamentations.
A catastrophe using an anastrophe would be.
Then it clicks! My brain goes boom!
Onomatopoeia sounds good!
About this poem
I wrote this poem to illustrate to my ELA students the vast number of options available to them when writing, both poetry and prose. I thought it was humorous, so I played with it some more and hope it comes across as fun and not pretentious.
Written on March 10, 2024
Submitted by BasNoBeathaWriter on April 21, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX X A X B X A B XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
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