Aliens: Look Who’s Green!
The refrain of this rhyming, alien story poem is a great example of assonance. the poem, as a whole is a story poem but the refrain is written in the style of a list poem.
Last night I saw a UFO descending from the sky.
It landed in my garden, but I’d no idea why.
The spaceship doors were opened wide, and to my great surprise
A stream of aliens came out before my very eyes.
There were:
Big ones, small ones, every shape and size
Neat ones, sweet ones, ones with bulging eyes.
Wary ones, scary ones; the strangest things you’ve seen,
And yet (despite the myths I’ve heard)
NONE OF THEM WERE GREEN!
They wandered from their spaceship and came to speak to me
They thought I was earth’s leader (as far as I could see).
They introduced themselves to me, each in their own way
Using different voices for what they had to say.
There were:
Squeaky ones, creaky ones, some that sounded loud.
Sly ones, shy ones, blending with the crowd.
Smiley ones, wily ones, some that looked quite mean,
But still (despite the myths I’ve heard)
NONE OF THEM WERE GREEN!
I spent the evening with them and we partied through the night
Until the early morning, when they left before first light.
I told my friends about them, and everything I’d seen;
They all were truly jealous and, yes,
ALL OF THEM WERE GREEN!
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