gymnastics
....falls a bit short
An anecdotal allegory accumulating allusive alliteration may not contain an apostrophe, and
blank verse may be bombastic or may not. Whereas a
cacophony of cliched couplets containing consonance could create catharsis.
Diamantes sometimes form double entendres with dramatic irony.
Ekphrastic pieces rarely eke out euphemisms while
farces finagle verse and foreshadow freely in any
genre.
Hyperbole heightens heroic happenings hidden in haikus!
Ironically, incomplete invoking of iambs in traditional verse indicates insouciance.
Juxtaposing jargon (employing a
keening technique) keeps
lyrical limericks lively.
Metaphor, meter, and metonymy might manifest a melancholic mood.
Nevertheless, neither narrators nor their nemeses
open odes with oxymorons or onomatopoeia. (Of course, the
proverbial paradox in poetry or prose personifies a probable plot twist).
Quixotic quatrains
repeat rhythm and rhyme in
stanza stacked sonnets
that transition time.
Understand - this is no understatement in this
verse – my voice falters and my
wit wanes: in an abecedarian poem where
x is followed by
y and so on, I do not know a literary device that begins with
z
About the Creator
Ward Norcutt
Playwright and poet.
My goal as a writer is to write thoughtful pieces of prose, poetry and stage plays. Hopefully, the end results are entertaining and engaging, with layers of meaning that make sense to the whole or a theme therein.
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Comments (5)
This is damn impressive!
Super fun!!! As Mackenzie said, "This is amazing!!!" Love it!!!
This is amazing! I bet it took ages to perfect. What a cool take, Ward! Enjoyed this immensely. Ooh, what about a zeugma?
A tone of cynical exhaustion suits an exercise like this.
An alliterative triumph 😁 I chives I wasn't 100% on what all the words meant 🫣