Repetition

Repetition

In a repetition poem there the repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas (groups of lines that are together). Repetition is used to: emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm and/or develop a sense of urgency.

Example:

Brother

By Mary Ann Hoberman

I had a little brother

And I bought him to my mother

And I said I want another

Little brother for a change.

But she said don’t be a bother

So I took him to my father

And I said this little bother

Of a brother’s very strange.

But he said one little brother

Is exactly like another

And every little brother

Misbehaves a bit, he said.

So I took the little bother

From my mother and my father

And I put the little bother

Of a brother back to bed.

My Example:

The New Day

By: Amy Jorgenson

The sky is bright

As the sun lifts,

The bright light

of the sun rays.

Grass glistens bright

As the dew twinkles,

Birds sing bright songs

To welcome the rays.

Trees shine bright

swaying in the breeze,

The sky is bright

And in here lays,

The new day.