1. Alliteration & Repetition
Poetry 101

2. Alliteration
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.

3. 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.

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

5. Summer By Walter Dean Meyers I like hot days, hot days
Sweat is what you got days
Bugs buzzin’ from cousin to cousin
Juices dripping
Running and ripping
Catch the one you love days
Birds peeping
Old men sleeping
Lazy days, daisies lay
Beaming and dreaming
Of hot days, hot days

6. Summer By Walter Dean Meyers I like hot days, hot days
Sweat is what you got days
Bugs buzzin’ from cousin to cousin
Juices dripping
Running and ripping
Catch the one you love days
Birds peeping
Old men sleeping
Lazy days, daisies lay
Beaming and dreaming
Of hot days, hot days