Poetry 101

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words.

• Example 1:– She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

• Example 2:– Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Betty Botter bought some butter,But, she said, the butter's bitter;If I put it in my batter,It will make my batter bitter.But, a bit of better butter,Will make my batter better.

So, she bought a bit of butter,Better than her bitter butter,And she put it in her batter,And the batter was not bitter.So, 'twas better Betty Botter,Bought a bit of better butter.

Betty Botter Bought Some Butter

• The action of repeating sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas that have already been said or written

• Used to emphasize a point or an emotion

What point do you think Robert Frost is trying to make by repeating the last line of the poem twice?

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.” -Robert Frost

SummerBy Walter Dean Meyers

I like hot days, hot daysSweat is what you got daysBugs buzzin’ from cousin to cousinJuices drippingRunning and rippingCatch the one you love days

Birds peepingOld men sleepingLazy days, daisies layBeaming and dreamingOf hot days, hot daysSweat is what you got days

SummerBy Walter Dean Meyers

I like hot days, hot daysSweat is what you got daysBugs buzzin’ from cousin to cousinJuices drippingRunning and rippingCatch the one you love days

Birds peepingOld men sleepingLazy days, daisies layBeaming and dreamingOf hot days, hot daysSweat is what you got days