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A Royal Pardon

16 January 2012

  This is the ultimate poem to demonstrate alliteration for kids with an enormous amount of alliteration and assonance in it, as well as the use of word play as a punchline.  It is part of a trilogy of poems which include consonance, language styles in performance poems, letter poems and word play.

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A Rainbow Poem

16 January 2012

A Rainbow Poem This rhyming acrostic poem goes through the colours of the rainbow in order, using a list poem format, and including some alliteration and assonance.

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A Poetic Nature Trail

15 January 2012

A Poetic Nature Trail   This children’s poem is full of alliteration and word play, with some hyperbole (exaggeration for effect) and similes and metaphors.  The poem is deliberately written to be ‘performed’ by a teacher, as if on a nature trail, with the purpose of encouraging children that they could be undiscovered poets.

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A Fresh Start

14 January 2012

  When you need a hope to cling to When your world is dull and grey When your life is wrapped in darkness And there’s no sign of the day…

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Animal Rescue

5 December 2011

  Welcome to my animal sanctuary. I have absolutely anything that you could possibly ever want. What was it you were looking for?

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A Healthy Food Rainbow

23 November 2011

 This list poem considers the range of colours of healthy foods that constitute our ‘five a day’ and puts them all together to make a rainbow of foods, considering the benefits of each.  It includes a couple of metaphors, and one instance of hyperbole (exaggeration for effect).

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Alliteration Al

23 November 2011

  An Alliteration Poem , specifically written for the purposes of demonstrating alliteration.  (Please note that I have used something called “poetic license” here, which basically means that poets can get away with anything! )   However, please make sure that you spell the word “Thankyou” correctly or I will be in trouble with the spelling police! […]

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