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 Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter
Piper picked?
A big black bug bit a big black dog on
his big black nose!
 I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine
shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where
she shines she sits.
 Luke Luck likes lakes.
Luke's duck likes lakes.
Luke Luck licks lakes.
Luck's duck licks lakes.
Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.
Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
 How much wood could Chuck Woods'
woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods'
woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If
Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would
chuck wood, how much wood could and
would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck?
Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he
would, as much as he could, and chuck as
much wood as any woodchuck would, if a
woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
Elements Of
Poetry
POETIC DEVICES
 ALLITERATION
• The purposeful repetition of a consonant sound
in two or more consecutive words, at the
beginning of such words.
Example:
Big bad Bob bounced bravely.
 ASSONANCE
• the repetition of vowel sounds (anywhere within the
word)
Examples: Tilting at windmills
I lie down by the side of my bride
Hear the mellow wedding bells
Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
 CONSONANCE
• the repetition of two or more consonant sounds within
a line at the very end of the word or in the middle
Examples: And all the air a solemn stillness holds.
Great, or good, or kind, or fair,
I will ne'er the more despair;
 REPETITION
•The repetition of entire lines or phrases
to emphasize key thematic ideas
•Two types: anaphora and andiplosis.
• ANAPHORA: The repetition of a word or phrase
at the beginning of successive lines or stanzas.
Example:
Tomorrow when the sun comes out,
Tomorrow when the birds sing out,
Tomorrow it will come to be,
Tomorrow, when you'll come to me.
• ANADIPLOSIS: The repetition of a word or
phrase at the end of one line and at the
beginning of the next.
Example:
She will never come to this my land,
To this my land where I belong.
 Recitation:
1. If I bleat when I speak it's
because I just got . . . fleeced.
Identify what
poetic device 2. The boy buzzed around as
is used in busy as a bee.
each sentence 3. Try to light the fire.
based on the 4. A blessing in disguise.
highlighted 5. Garry grumpily gathered the
sounds. garbage.
 1. The black sack is in the back.
Seatwork: 2. The gentle giant jumped in jubilation.
3. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
Identify what 4. Juggling jack o’lanterns is my job.
poetic device 5. The boy ate taffy, an elephant ear, and a waffle
is used in at the carnival!
each sentence 6. Hear the mellow wedding bells.
based on the 7. Go slow over the road.
highlighted 8. All’s well that ends well.

sounds. 9. Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the

leaves.
10.The dame drove her car home from Rome.