Poetry Basics

Clap your hands, and stamp your feet.

The girls and boys grabbed their toys.

The boys tumbled down the hill.

The three trees waved gently in the breeze.

The bond transcends beyond.

The chaotic tick-tocking of the clock echoed in my head.

Carmen carefully caught Carl.

Fair is foul, and foul is fair.

All's fair in love and war.

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping. . .

Find the onomatopoeia:

The wind whistled through the empty halls.

Find the onomatopoeia:

I trembled when I heard the mournful howl of the wolf.

Find the onomatopoeia:

The buzzing bees droned endlessly on that dreamy summer day.

The sun was a gleaming pearl in a turquoise sky.

The sun was a like a gleaming pearl in a turquoise sky.

My sister's memory is like a camera that takes pictures of everything she sees.

My sister's memory is a camera that takes pictures of everything she sees.

Love is a dog from hell.

If it doesn't stop raining, I'm going to build an ark.

We waited for centuries in the line get on the ride.

My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a water'd shoot.

The earth has swallowed all my hopes.