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To Satch

To Satch. By Samuel Allen Published in Ivory Tusks and Other Poems 1968 Presented by Chance Young and Caleb Brown. Keep this poem. This poem by Samuel Allen clearly represents many sound devices like alliteration, consonance, assonance, and onomatopoeia.

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To Satch

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  1. To Satch By Samuel Allen Published in Ivory Tusks and Other Poems 1968 Presented by Chance Young and Caleb Brown

  2. Keep this poem • This poem by Samuel Allen clearly represents many sound devices like alliteration, consonance, assonance, and onomatopoeia. • It is also a very simple poem for high school students to understand and to break down and find rhyme and rhythm.

  3. Rhythm Sometimes I feel like I will never stop Just go on forever Till one fine mornin I'm gonna reach up and grab me a handfulla stars

  4. Rhyme Scheme • Clearly, Samuel Allen has made no Rhyme Scheme throughout his poem "To Satch.” Sometimes I feel like I will never stop Just go on forever Till one fine mornin • Clearly, there is no Rhyme Scheme at all.

  5. Alliteration • In the fifth line Samuel Allen uses alliteration. Swing out my long lean leg • Clearly he is trying to get the reader’s attention by using three of the same sounds at the beginning of the words.

  6. Consonance • In line six of the poem, Allen uses consonance. Burnin down the heavens • Here Samuel Allen tries to keep the attention of the readers by using consonance.

  7. Assonance • In the seventh line of “To Satch”, assonance is used. And look over at God and say • Here the assonance of line seven was a tricky one to find.

  8. Hyperbole • In line four of Samuel Allen’s poem, “To Satch”, he makes an extreme exaggeration called a hyperbole. reach up and grab me a handfulla stars • Here Samuel Allen uses hyperbole to show the audience that this person was larger than life.

  9. Onomatopoeia • In line six Samuel Allen uses onomatopoeia. And whip three hot strikes • Samuel Allen is using whip to describe how fast the pitcher can throw three hot strikes.

  10. Imagery • In lines four, five, and six there are many examples of imagery Im gonna reach up and grab me a handfulla stars Swing out my lean long leg And whip three hot strikes burnin down the heavens • Here the imagery makes you look into what Samuel Allen is describing about the baseball player.

  11. Conclusion • Samuel Allen’s poem should evidently be one of the poems saved in the book because it uses many literary elements such as, Consonance, Assonance, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Rhyme, Rhyme Scheme, and Onomatopoeia.

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