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 ...

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 ...

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development. When thoughtfully integrated into therapy, especially with ...

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.

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Angela Jackson, who lives in Chicago, Illinois in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. She fell in love with poetry in first grade and was writing her ...

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.

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.

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, ...

You know the classic examples of onomatopoeia like “boom,” “splat,” and “pow,” but there are plenty of words you use every day that are also onomatopoeia!

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, ...