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NaPoWriMo

Tanka Repetitions

A tanka that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance

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Caro Henry
Apr 26, 2024
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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

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