Poetry is a creative experience and for YOU to let your creativity shine through!
Here are some tips:
Try writing about an experience, such as nervousness for a test or the thrills of skiing.
Poetic devices, if there is no rhyme, can include alliteration (repetition of beginning sounds) and repetition, as well as many others.
It should be the first sentence? should be a bit more specific on the question
In the poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman, the author uses metaphors in lines 11-12 to describe the athlete's short-lived and glorious life. The laurel flower represents glory and victory, and have a shorter lifespan than roses. This metaphor implies that fame and honor does not last long.