Alliteration: a stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same sounds of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase. "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers." See what I did there? Or one of my personal favorites, "Yaks yell." It could also seem not so bouncy, and slightly subtler, such as symphonic soundwaves swept such a summit across his superfluous eyes. If you look back, that was an entire sentence full of alliteration.
Collocation: the arrangement of words in a sentence, specifically: the lyrical or more artistic arrangement of words in a sentence. Some words just sound delicious when spoken or read together. Some haunting, daunting, or flaunting. I also made a rhyme there, if you didn't notice.
It is Autumn.
And it is an actual scientific reality that our imaginations will be especially alive during the next few months. I entirely believe this, given the inspiration our Creator has given us with the colors, textures cross breezes, and sounds this season. I mean, come on, the leaves and the sky are complimentary colors!
So! I'm challenging you to find some very autumn-y object or feeling or activity, and then describe it in as lyrical a paragraph you can, without necessarily even giving away what it is. The paragraph can include subtle poetry, rhythm, alliteration, collocation, and whatever else you can incorporate to make it sound like music, and do amazing justice to whatever you are describing. Mostly, just strive to give yourself and those who read it chills and good feelings.
Once you're done, of course, post what you've written. Again, I'm not judging your work or anything, this is all for encouragement and creativity. And I would really love to see what you can do. Thanks so much! Happy Autumn everyone!
So! I'm challenging you to find some very autumn-y object or feeling or activity, and then describe it in as lyrical a paragraph you can, without necessarily even giving away what it is. The paragraph can include subtle poetry, rhythm, alliteration, collocation, and whatever else you can incorporate to make it sound like music, and do amazing justice to whatever you are describing. Mostly, just strive to give yourself and those who read it chills and good feelings.
Once you're done, of course, post what you've written. Again, I'm not judging your work or anything, this is all for encouragement and creativity. And I would really love to see what you can do. Thanks so much! Happy Autumn everyone!
She sits on the shimmering glass pondering,
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With a spirit of restlessness and of wandering,
Following a seemingly supernatural call.
Her friends have all gone their separate way.
She’s all alone by now,
Would that she’d herself be on her way.
If only she knew how.
Suddenly she dashes quickly across the lake
Her force of will compelling her to never bat an eye
Spreading wide her beautiful wings as her legs begin to quake
She shoots up into the air and gracefully commences to fly.
There’s nothing quite as beautiful as a view from in the sky
Thinks the young and happy water bird and she tells the lake, “Goodbye”.
Wow. That was riveting. Really good word usage: light and stylistic, yet none of them had to be unfamiliar words. I think my favorite lines are:
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following a seemingly supernatural call
So good. Thanks for posting this!
When I said, 'yet none of them had to be unfamiliar words', I meant that they were familiar, and warm. It didn't sound like you searched a thesaurus for strange, new words, and instead this all just came naturally. Again, lovely.
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