Alliteration by Dennis Lange

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Alliteration by Dennis Lange

May 20, 2011 by Dennis Lange

The sounds repeated please the soul –
…We love the falling rain
That softly pitters on the porch
…And patters on the pane.

Alliteration fills our ears
…Like trilling r’s in Spain,
Like opera singers singing scales
…Of la la’s in a chain.

Perhaps it is the heart of man,
…The pulsing in the vein,
That whispers sweetly, whispers for
…A whispered back refrain.

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Posted in About Poetry, My Poems | Tagged alliteration, chain, heart, opera, poem, poetry, rain, singer, soul, Spain | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on May 24, 2011 at 8:38 AM | Reply Edward Fraser

Confident and clever. A fun read!
on July 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM | Reply Discussion: What is it that makes poetry poetry? « The Bard on the Hill

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on January 5, 2012 at 11:23 AM | Reply Eye Rhyme by Dennis Lange « The Bard on the Hill

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on February 6, 2012 at 12:09 PM | Reply Julie Catherine

I love alliterations! You’ve used them cleverly in this delightful poem, loved it! 🙂
- on February 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks! For the longest, it’s been one of my favorites because of the sounds. I tried both to illustrate and define alliteration in the poem. I also did the same type thing in a poem about eye rhyme:
  https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/eye-rhyme-by-dennis-lange/
on April 13, 2012 at 8:47 PM | Reply sandraconner

Well I haven’t run across the ones I couldn’t get the links to work for, but I’m finding all kinds of other treasures that I hadn’t taken time to read from earlier posts. This one is definitely one of my all-time favorites! And you’ve challenged my imagination now. I’m going to have to come up with one packed with alliteration.

You know, that’s one of the things that blesses me most about being a part of a blogging family. It’s the same thing that happens when I am active with the Expression Unlimited group that I belong to (writers and artists of wide variety). Being around gifted, creative people draws out gifts and creativity in me. It works that way when I teach as well. I had one creative writing class that was full of some of the most gifted, talented, creative, imaginative young people I’ve ever known. Their excitement and creativity kept me at a peak in my own work while I was teaching them. I appreciate so much being able to interact with people like you, Dennis O’Brien, and several others here on WordPress.
- on April 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  The links wouldn’t work because I didn’t check my work. 😦 I’ve corrected them now. Of course, now my quick fix to font and spacing problems (Firefox) didn’t work on my latest poem. 😦 Yes, I’ve commented some place (Reading To Write, I think), that I’ve gotten ideas for poems and learned a few things while reading the blogs of others here on WordPress.
on February 3, 2013 at 1:39 AM | Reply wordcoaster

Simply sublimely superb! 🙂
- on February 3, 2013 at 7:38 AM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks for the cute complimentary comment. 🙂