EXAMPLES OF ALLITERATION POEMS

If you are unsure what alliteration is, look at the TEACHERS PAGE, FIGURATIVE WRITING, ALLITERATION for details. Some of my poems are written specifically as alliteration poems, whilst others simply use alliteration along with a combination of figurative writing techniques so may include it to a lesser degree. I have listed all of my poems in which I have used some alliteration together here, and have provided a description with each poem to give an indication as to how much alliteration features within it, as they will vary in usefulness when teaching (or learning) alliteration specifically as a figurative writing skill.

Highlighted Seaside Senses Poem

30 January 2012

This highlighted version of my Seaside Senses poem shows the examples of metaphors, personification, alliteration , assonance, consonance and word play which can all be found within this simple 8 line list/ senses poem.

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Seaside Senses

30 January 2012

This seaside senses poem includes examples of metaphors, personification, alliteration , assonance, consonance and word play all within an 8 line poem, using the simple format of a list poem.

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Poor Little Pit Pony

30 January 2012

This acrostic poem includes alliteration and is inspired by a visit to Wakefield Coal Mining Museum where a visit underground helps to build up some empathy for the kind of life the pit ponies had.

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Picturing Autumn Thoughts

30 January 2012

  This shape poem uses lots of random, independent thoughts about autumn which have then been placed on the page as a picture, creating what is otherwise known as a calligram. It includes lots of metaphors, personification and imagery with some alliteration.

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My Sister is a Bookworm

29 January 2012

This poem begins very sensibly, but the rhyming led me in a totally different direction…..so I followed and the story developed from there!  Check out the amount of alliteration in verse 3!

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My Bogie Collection

29 January 2012

This disgusting (sorry!) list poem includes lots of moments of alliteration, but is too disgusting a topic for my daughter to allow me to read aloud!  For some reason, she thinks that I’m immature!

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My Beautiful Nephew

29 January 2012

I wrote this poem when I got the news of my nephew’s birth.  The poem is written as a conversation and is full of alliteration (and of course,  emotion!)

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Horse: A Champion in His Field

28 January 2012

This descriptive ‘story’ poem uses rhythm to give emphasis to the subject, and is FULL of figurative language.  It includes an enormous amount of alliteration, imagery and metaphors, with a small amount of personification and word play.

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Highlighted Snowdrop Poem (Personification)

27 January 2012

This is a duplication of my Good Morning Little Snowdrop poem, showing all of the personification examples in bold text and the alliteration examples in the refrains underlined.

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Good Morning Little Snowdrop

27 January 2012

This beautiful snowdrop poem is a great example of personification poetry, whilst including some alliteration in the refrains, and one example of word play (leaves)

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