Happy Poetry Month! I am excited to be back and committed to writing a new poem every day this month. Each of my poems will carry the theme of "Change." I am excited to see what changes this month will bring.
Today, I am learning about the poetry technique called assonance. This is often confused with rhyme. Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound in the unstressed syllable. (Apparently rhymes have to happen at the end of the word!) I will attempt to use assonance in today's poem.
Hope
by Melinda Harvey
The snow has melted.
The banks, they shrank.
The birds have begun to ping.
The breeze is mild.
A strange exchange:
Winter changes to Spring.
I'm not sure if I truly used assonance, but at least my Change work has begun. Perhaps you will find some assonance in your day today. When you hear it, jot it down. Let it grow into a poem!
