Poetry Unit

Poetry Unit

The poem’s subject

is:  theft.

Its moral (or

theme) is:  Don’t.

It has no regular

rhyme or meter.

Its stanzas vary

in length.

It is free verse.

Tone is notoriously

tricky, but

wry and resigned

could work, or

if you have to name

just one, go with

comic or (for extra

points) dismayed.

Rhetorical devices

are thin,

but the next stanza

is handy for

alliteration, assonance,

irony, and pun.

Sticky fingers filch

and pilfer.  Pincers

merely pinch.

The poem’s intended

audience is:

your teacher.

Its purpose

is:  an

A.