Poetry Is…  9

                Poets have language as their tool as they craft poetry. Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that can make the poem sound like music. There is history, meanings, and suggestions in each poem that show the mastery of language that the poet has. Language can create unforgettable images that compare to life’s happenings. Some poetry can seem like nonsense at first but is actually rich in its overtones of meanings and can imply or suggest other things using symbols. Flowers, storms and sunrises, for example, each represent a certain feeling and meaning in their symbolisms. The sounds, rhymes, and rhythms can easily be transferred into sounds that are pleasing to the ear, like music. Alliteration is when a consonant sound is repeated within a verse. Assonance is when a vowel sound is repeated in a verse. Rhyming can happen anywhere in the poem but is normally found at the end of lines within the poem. Poems do not have to rhyme to be beautiful.