Alliteration is a sound device that gives us satisfying songs, poetry and ads. Here's the definition. ... Definitions and real-world examples in ads, songs and poetry. Clare Mulroy.

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Joseph Bruchac, who lives in Greenfield Center, New York. Joe has been writing since his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Monthony, praised one of his poems.

Here is what a metaphor is and examples of how it is used. Figures of speech are used every day in our lives. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

Tell students that they are going to be learning how to write tanka, a form of poetry that has been widely written and read in Japan for more than 1300 years, at least 900 years longer than haiku.

For example, at one recent middle school poetry workshop I asked students to offer up what they believed was the MBOE. One suggested a black hair tie she pulled from her ponytail, ...

Nonsense poems don't always make sense, they often use made up words, mixed up with real words. ... Watch this short clip to learn about what nonsense poetry is and see an example.

Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature by Dick Higgins (1987), for example, documents examples of chessboard, labyrinth and riddle poems from centuries past.

Poems That Lean Into Calm and Joy Amid Life’s Chaos. In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life ... W.S. Merwin, for example, ...