Ode to Language

I started laughing when I found this little gem.  I had a lot of fun writing it.  It was an assignment when I took the writing class at the college. Here is the outline we had to use for our poem.

Figurative Language

1. (apostrophe)-address something nonhuman

2. (personification)-personify something

3. (synesthesia)-use an image missing sensory perception

4. (hyperbole)-exaggerate

5. (underestimate/litotes) use understatement/deny the opposite

6. (metonymy/synecdoche)-refer to something by using something related/use a part of a whole

7. (paradox/oxymoron) write a compressed contradiction

8. (allusion)-allude to something

9. (metaphor) use a metaphor

10. (simile)-extend the metaphor, using simile

11. (implied metaphor /analogy)-extend the metaphor further, using implied metaphor, or anology

Enjoy!!

Language

Language, how I treasure and love thee

Wrap thy words around me in a sweet embrace

Thy warm fragrant tones fill mine ears

Heaven’s music pales in comparison

I cannot speak without thee, a fluid motion not a babbling brook

The theatre gathers men and woman,

 Delivering thy script to the crowds

 My mind filled with words I cannot see, it’s deafening silence.

An atomic explosion in mine head

  Thy oxymorons, thy metonymies were endless winds

Thy similes, Thy paradoxes like whispers in a breeze

Thy analogies, Thy litotes forests of imagination

 

Once More

I was looking through my unfinished poems, of which I have many. :) I found this one. Once I tidied it up, added a few words here and there, was amazed that it actually was almost finished. Why hadn't I finished it before? Who knows. Hope you enjoy.

Once More

Gentle Rain of sparkling gem

Cry my tears

That do not shed

I have not the strength

Radiant sun of golden hue

Smile my smile

For others to see

Let not the sadness through

Swift wind of clear force

Speak the words

I cannot say

For them who elude

Mighty waves of ocean blue

Let your music sooth

A troubled soul

For solace not found

Soft snowflakes of dazzling white

Kiss my brow with icy warmth

Hold precious memories

Frozen deep within

Burning flames of crimson red

Embrace and light

This dying heart

To burn once more