Examples of Poetic Devises

Examples of Poetic Devises

 - Poem With A Rhyme

Missing

by Anne Scott
I’ve hunted near, I’ve hunted far

I even looked inside my car.

I’ve lost my glasses, I’m in need,

To have them now so I can read.

I loudly swear and I curse

Did I leave them in my purse?

Are they behind the sofa, under the bed?

Oh there they are - on my head!

- Poem With Alliteration

Alliteration Poem
by Charlotte Pugh
One waterfall whirled water around

Two tigers trenched through the town
Three thunderstorms thinned thatched houses

Four fireworks fires fast

Five fish flew for safety

Six shepherds shelter sheep

Seven shooting stars shoot into the sky

Eight elephants echo to the eclipse
Nine nagging nannies nag their way to New York
Ten tortoises tap dancing to town

- Poem With Qnomatopoeia

Running Water
by Lee Emmett

water plops into the pond

splish-splash downhill

warbling magpies in tree

trilling, melodic thrill

woosh, passing breez

flags flutter and flap

frog croaks, bird whistles

babbling bubbles from tap

- Poem With Simile

Chocolate Cake
By Unknown

“Friends are like chocolate cake

You can never have too many.

Chocolate cake is like heaven -

Always amazing you with each taste or feeling.

Chocolate cake is like life with so many different pieces.

Chocolate cake is like happiness, you can never get enough of it.”

- Poem With Hyperbole

Hyperbole of My Dog

By Autumn Jones
Little Girls is my dog.

She sleeps like a log.

She has a huge mouth,

And eats like a hog

In her excitement

Her tail is a whip times ten.

When she sees food
Hers eyes start to spin.

- Poem With Personification

Nameless

By Unknown
Some people say that I am one thing

Others say that I am many.

Ever since the world begun

I have been moving in an endless circle.

I am the rain.

- Poem With Symbolism

Nameless

By B.R.K

I see you and I as a couple on a long road trip.

There will be many stops, bumps and paths

but it will be an adventure.

It will be a journey.

There is no destination and no map.

Just you and I Cruising and enjoying every

moment of the ride.

Sandra Leong