Paronomasia Poems | Examples


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Premium Member Paronomasia the Form

signs&wonders-
                       spiritual happenings

Premium Member Rapid Wordplay On the Run

Rapid wordplay on the run,
Paronomasia is fun!
I’m Adam, Madam
For kicks, let’s add them.
Ma, Eleven, am, 111.

Premium Member Paronomasia Is Fun

Rapid wordplay on the run,
Paronomasia is fun!
I’m Adam, Madam
For kicks, let’s add them.
Ma, Eleven, am, 111.


Premium Member Paronomasia

Paronomasia

Rhetoric usage—
A pun, a true play on words!
Shades of confusion . . . 
	Ditto sounds, other meanings . . . 
Phonetic pun poetic!

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
July 28, 2018 (Tanka)

Pun and Games

Contrary name paronomasia                                                                                                                 I ask no pardon                                                                                                             the pun came unattended                                                                                            free from lucid prying eyes

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