Tanka Repetitions

A tanka that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance

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This poem is part of the NaPoWriMo 2024 challenge to write a poem a day in April. This is the prompt for April 26:

Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of a particular consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds elsewhere in multiple words, and assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.

A calm talk charms as
Even the enemy sleeps
Midst Mitt singing his
Doom-on-doom scrolls of songs soon 
Unduly surplus humdrum

Author’s Note

My tanka, using solely the vowel “a” for the first line, “e” for the second line, etc., is my take on the assonance challenge, despite the varying vowel sounds. Some sound the same, right? I believe I’ve also satisfied the use of alliteration and consonance in my little tanka.

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