Breath
By Catherine Cao
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Break and bring her breath
It was imminent death
Darkness descended upon doom
Like a wolf devouring the moon
Creeping, crying, careening
Twisting, turning, taking
away the air aflame
Bringing back her broken breath
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About
'Breath' takes on the form of Madness in a literal way. Thus, like madness, it simply has no sense to it.
This is a freeform poem with the rhyme scheme of 'aa bb cdea' consisting of a single octet.
There are many literary devices used in this poem: Alliteration (used in lines 1, 3, 5, and 9), Metaphor (line 3 and 4), Onomatopoeia (line 5), Assonance (line 7), Constance (line 6), and Rhyme as mentioned above.
'Breath' takes on the form of Madness in a literal way. Thus, like madness, it simply has no sense to it.
This is a freeform poem with the rhyme scheme of 'aa bb cdea' consisting of a single octet.
There are many literary devices used in this poem: Alliteration (used in lines 1, 3, 5, and 9), Metaphor (line 3 and 4), Onomatopoeia (line 5), Assonance (line 7), Constance (line 6), and Rhyme as mentioned above.
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