Use of Alliterations in Poetry with Examples

We have always read poems that have rhyming words or alliterations in them. Alliterations are used in a poem because they add natural tone and musicality to the poetry. It creates a sound that would mesmerize you. For creating alliterations in the poem you need to choose any consonant and start thinking of the words that would start from the chosen consonant. You can list out all the nouns, verbs and adjectives that start from that consonants. Now you can start a poem.

4 Poems with Alliterations

While writing poems with alliterations, you need to consider a few points.

Example 1

Suave senor slyly suggests super sunset sexy supper

Should shy Spanish senorita say si si

Surely shy  Spanish senorita shall surprise

Saying si-si stunning suave senor..

Example 2

Should savoury salt shatter?

Say Sundaes Slip sideways, 

splattering softly slicking sidewalks.

Slippery street signs.

Shaded seagulls skulling strawberry shakes.

Singing songs, slurping semiquavers.

Sulking Sean, sadly sighing,

Skipping Sophia, squashing slugs

Sailor Steve, slashing Sailor Simon’s sails.

Salamanders, sleeping.

Shade sheltering.

Soft silence.

Example 3

Saccharin sundays

spent singing songs,

sweet serenades,

so softly sung.

Summer sunbeams,

soft sable sands,

strolling, searching,

seaweed strands.

Swallows swooping,

swifts spritely soar,

sleeping salamanders

softly snore.

Swing sweeps, slowly,

shadow, sun,

shifting sensations,

stories spun.

Spareribs sizzle,

sensational smells,

spicey sauces,

stomachs swell.

Stargazing serenely,

soliciting smiles,

so sleep seduces,

sweet slumber style.

Simply sensational 

summer sensations.

Example 4

Sailstarred, shellshored, streamswelled

sandsifting, seaweedscripted sibilant Sea

secedes silently, softly

Shadowed shallows sheathing scallops,

sheltering seals, shielding scuttling snails,

shrouding sharks. Sands shifting secrete starfish,

scampering shrimp.

Serene Sea supports Spanish scows, Sicilian

skiffs, Senegalese schooners, Seychelles ships,

Sardinian sculls.

Saltsmelling sailors see soaring shrieking

seagulls, striped sunrise, shining sunset,

shushing surf.

Sudden surprising storm’s symphonic sounds

slap shore shacks. Snows slip seaward, spring-subdued.

Soon sloop slides spiral sleep stairway.

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