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.

Child Mine Workers

25 January 2012

    This senses poem includes lots of figurative language such as personification, adjectives, alliteration and metaphors that the children of Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary school gave me during a poetry workshop about life down the mines for the poor Victorian children in Britain.

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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

24 January 2012

The Butterfly Life Cycle I wrote this poem especially to help children to learn the facts about the butterfly life cycle, from emerging as a caterpillar right through to metamorphosis into a butterfly. The poem uses  lots of alliteration and some metaphors and is particularly good for children to use in sequencing each event, as […]

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Bradley Mulladley Mulloon

24 January 2012

  Bradley Mulladley Mulloon This is known as a nonsense poem for obvious reasons!  One of my favourite poets is Dr Seuss who wrote “The Cat in The Hat”, and I’ve tried to copy his style here by repeating one rhyming phoneme all the way through, spelt in the same way.  Dr Seuss often did […]

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Beautiful Butterfly

24 January 2012

  This very tiny and simple butterfly poem uses word play (flutter by, butterfly), alliteration (repeating the ‘b’s and the ‘p’s), and is written in the style of a list poem (the repetition of beautiful butterfly).  It has a delicacy and gentility like the butterfly it talks about.  This is a favourite with very young […]

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Bad Behaviour At The Alliteration Zoo

21 January 2012

    I wrote this poem specifically as an example of alliteration poetry, demonstrating alliteration to children in an obvious and humorous way…

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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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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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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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