Even if you're years out of school and not actively taking an English class, it's hard not to note how we use literary and sound devices in music, art, advertising and writing. You've got "Snap, ...

From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent ...

World Poetry Day is a day which celebrates all things poetry! Its aim is to encourage people to read, write and teach poetry all around the world. Poems can be about anything - a thought, an emotion ...

Why do we appreciate rhyming words in songs and poetry? How long can one "hold" a sound while waiting for a rhyme? Rhythm and rhyme help us to remember things. They do this through acoustic encoding, ...