Summer is a season that provides many opportunities for writing original poems using alliteration. After spending a sunny summer week at the shore, spending time walking on the sizzling sand and watching my family maneuver the waves, the following summer poem came to my mind’s eye. Alliteration in poetry is used to create a feeling or a picture by accentuating descriptive words. The alliteration used in the poem just seemed to fall into place for me. (I think the scary part is left over from the scariest park ride I went on with my 9 year old granddaughter.)
Sizzling summer sand
shines under the setting summer sun.
A statuesque shadow suspended high
shades the summer sky as it
sends shivers along a swimmer’s spine,
while unsuspecting bathers splash and swim.
The sunset stretches across the shore
as the scary shadow slips
beneath the salty sea
leaving sunken sounds unheard.
~ by Nana ~
NanasCorner.com
As you read this poem, what did you picture the “scary shadow” to be? For me, it was that ride I mentioned. It was a large pirate ship that rocked up and down until you were looking straight down to the water below! Never again!
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I pictured a large, rather forbidding building at water’s edge.
I really like the last line!
Comment by Susan Adcox — 2010/07/15 @ 3:50 pm