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.
POEMS INCLUDING SOME HYPERBOLE
If you are unsure what hyperbole is, look at the TEACHERS PAGE, FIGURATIVE WRITING, HYPERBOLE for details. The simplest definition of hyperbole is that it is ‘exaggeration for effect’, and it is therefore quite often used in figurative writing as a way of making a more definite point. I have therefore tried to identify any of my poems which use hyperbole in one way or another and have listed them all in this category, together with a brief description with each poem giving details of what other figurative language features within it. However, the use of hyperbole can sometimes be quite subtle, and the use of metaphors in particular overlaps into hyperbole, as metaphors often tend to exaggerate a point for effect.