Question

Using some of the techniques of poetry you have studied in this unit, write a brief poem (8-10 lines). The poem may be iambic pentameter or free verse, rhymed or unrhymed. Beneath your poem, list the poetic devices that you used.

Answer 1

There goes the playful summer west wind

Silently brushing my cheeks with gentle strokes.

There goes the memory of summer love

So soothing and animated as the shadows.

Here they come and there they swiftly go

Like the ripples of the sudden rain on the pond.

 

Wish forever is my friend granting my every desire.

Hope life is unending and always blissfully fun,

But here I am all alone again full of agony

When will life ever end and relieve me of this longing?

 

Simile, personification, irony

Answer 2

Kate is the most wonderful person that has ever existed,

This poem is not enough for all her qualities to be listed.

Kate always speaks her own marvelous, memorable mind,

Yet, she always comes across as nothing but kind.

As strong and brave as a lion is her heart,

Yet her sensibility is shown when she is lost in her art.

Kate is my best friend, she is the Penn to my Teller,

Now that you know how much I love her, will you please tell her?

In this poem, I use hyperbole when I claim that Kate is the most wonderful person that has ever existed. I also used alliteration in "marvelous, memorable mind." I use a simile when I state that Kate is as brave as a lion. Finally, I use allusion when I refer to Penn and Teller (Penn Fraser Jillette Raymond Joseph Teller, two famous magicians who perform together).