Tag: alliteration

  • Sonnet LV

    Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn The living…

  • As in the Beginning

    “As in the Beginning” by Mary di Michele is a grimly realistic retelling of events that express regret, anger and bitterness. Theme: A person’s loss of limb can never be adequately recompensed with money; when someone we love is injured, his/her pain can become ours. Techniques: parallel structure simile alliteration personification understatement Issues: What makes…

  • A Red Red Rose

    O my luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; My love is like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonny lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the…