Repetition brings a word, phrase, sound, or structure back into a poem. A returning element can create rhythm, reinforce an idea, build pressure, or take on a different meaning as the surrounding lines change.
Read the examples below aloud and notice what repeats and where it returns. Does the pattern reassure, insist, or complicate the speaker's thought? When trying repetition in your own writing, consider what each return adds rather than using the pattern only to fill space.
I’ll lose a friend tomorrow.. but he won’t die..
not his physical body but maybe inside..
by something he can easily find.
He doesn’t see it coming but I do, like he knew,
so we’d use,
I would stop but he’d refuse,
its GOT YOU MAN..
its got you. …. Truth.
Abuse without a bruise,
one hit can lead to repercussions.
Reefer, Speed n Uppers, feed the fiend, see empty cupboards.
I said ‘you should get some sleep’ but he disagreed cuz he is stubborn.
he said ‘PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE TO SUFFER.’
I lost a friend today and I did nothing.
But he didn’t die.
It was more like living on thin ice
in a glass house pipe
with a rock on standby
for a damned life
he’s willing to just throw away for a high price
but the sad thing is he can afford it. … What about your daughter?
… and what we talked about as kids… and what will I tell mine?
YOURE NOT THE SAME ANYMORE.
He said he was clean but he lied,
I could see it in his pride and the bags under his eyes
and that car stereo case by his side.
I lost a friend yesterday… but he didn’t die.
The drugs took him… and I never got to say goodbye.
----- Written by: Torum Durchkomponiert-
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---Chi cena con il diavolo deve avere un cucchiaio lungo!-------------
rolls and paradiddles
The-guy-who-carries
-the-heavy-stuff
Basher / Pounder
the snares and Kettler's
--------Ambergris Caye----------------------
La Xtabai, they come here to see you!
-------Da how yu di du?----------------------
La Xtabai , vengono qui a vederti:
mettiti il ??costume, sorridi, sorridi, sorridi!
Non vuole essere sfruttato; perché è qui?
Perché è qui?
Un sorriso o due, niente di più: niente di più!
Auh say ooh auh
auh say auh ooh we
il tuo bacio mi stuzzica
devo tirarmi indietro
non con te, non così
sai come sono fatto
perché sei qui?
Perché sei qui?
Cos'è l'amore, mi chiedi? Io rispondo
tra i singhiozzi, con mot prive di cuore:
le parole d'amore sono mot senza significato,
come canzoni, un suono da adorare.u ask
,Amami, ti prego
Io sono sia banano che strofa
tu, contadino sciocco
Ti vedo come un insignificante
un lungo cucchiaio
Ti nutro come un contadino
perché sei qui visto che non desideri
non essere sfruttato Weh yuh naym?
Weh yuh naym?
IT is happening AGAIN
IS happening again IT
HAPPENING again it IS
AGAIN it is HAPPENING
you’re very talkative today
said my therapist (i was in therapy) (i go to therapy every two weeks)
you’re (i) very talkative (am not letting her get a word in) today (the day i have therapy) (once every two weeks)
sorry (real apology) i say (i feel bad)
it’s okay (it isn’t) (it probably is) let’s take it one thing at a time (slowly)
now (once every two weeks) i (my therapist) don’t want you to take this the wrong way (be offended) but (here it comes) i’m (my therapist) amazed at how much nothing (nothing at all) happened (nothing at all)
here i am (in therapy) (i go to therapy every two weeks) on the couch (white) with some tea (chamomile) on the table (wood)
here i am (in therapy) (i go to therapy every two weeks) on the couch (white) with some tea (chamomile) letting nothing (nothing at all) happen again (a pattern)
here i am (couch) therapy (once a wood) nothing pattern (happen letting) chamomile
This couplet is about a hen
~ once again
Some improve their health with a daily run
Turn the key, let the engine run
Pull too hard and your stockings run
Pay less attention then paint will run
Wear cheap mascara and it may run
Power up your PC so your programs run
A winning streak shows you had a good run
There are 645 meanings of the verb “run”
I’ve shown you some—now I have to run!
Fai finta di essere un personaggio famoso; scegli l'intonazione giusta per cantare come quel cantante.
Al tre: uno, due, tre...
Ah, che bello...
Bellissimo, bellissimo.
Cantalo su un'altra toFai finta di essere un personaggio famoso; scegli l'intonazione giusta per cantare come quel cantante.
Al tre: uno, due, tre...
Ah, che bello...
Bellissimo, bellissimo.
Cantalo su un'altra tonalità... ops, così è meglio... dolce, dolce... ah, il finale... bravo, bravo!nalità... ops, così è meglio... dolce, dolce... ah, il finale... bravo, bravo!
Written by: Vaquero Waddie
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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
when you're chomping at the bit
the Withers of a horse is used
to measure height
Straight from the horse's mouth
believe what he say's
don't fail to wear your Halter
in your certain disipline
find yourself a true lover
one you call your freind
Backing the wrong horse
will have ya'll airing out ya'll's lungs
I could have told you she didn't
want all that kissy stuff
tire of you before
it was over
cause she plumb had enough
a great relationship
has it all
walk trot and cantar
slow when you need it slow
fast when it needs ah-cantar
you'll know when it's right
a smooth steady pace
I reckon all things like this
it the same all over the place
Dear, you are so lovely.
I just had to ask you, “Who did your hair?” Oh so lovely.
The sky is turning dark now, lovely.
The lamp on the table flickers low, oh just lovely.
I am watching the shadows stretch long across the floor, lovely.
The wind is blowing a gale now, that’s just lovely.
Ahh, your hand found mine in the dark, lovely.
Oh look at how bright the stars are shining in the dark sky, oh so lovely.
I don’t think I would change anything because it is lovely.
I wish I didn't love and I wish more
I wish we had never met or said hello
I wish you were still a stranger to me
I wish our love never started to grow
I wish all our mistakes didn't happen
I wish things had just gone differently
I wish you weren't the one I dreamed of
I wish when my eyes closed you I didn't see
I wish you could find forgiveness
I wish your heart wasn't cold as ice
I wish I wasn't so stubborn and mean
I wish I could have just been nice
I wish you would come home to me
I wish you would just go away
I wish all this never would've happened
I wish I'm coming home you would say
Enigmatic entropy endeavours the devouring of my depressive tendencies
In the form of an effaced anonymity
Pledging a tender hand to thwart the destruction of my anatomy
Distraught estrangement of in-autonomous tailing tellings
Shall cast this faceless stranger astray
Beyond the smooth syllables of an identifying name
For these hounds that thrash in the thick of sleep
And so do weep of singularity in accompanying company
Shall chase, shall gnaw at the face, the hand that feeds the freer frailty of freedom
And chaff this chance of a chance to escape
These samsaras of silence for the requiem of a dallied day
Dancing and dashing and prancing and thrashing
In the estranged fixation of this strange savior
That wilt know not of my inner ills, beyond the disfigurement of mine own outer mutilation
K.M.P
18//9//26
A map peppered
With modern skyscrapers
And tranquil hamlets
Have I traversed today -
A map colored
In vibrant yellow tones
Of laughs and smiles galore
Have I traversed today.
And yet -
A map littered
With ruins of shattered
Buildings, cities, lives
Do I witness today -
A map tainted
With bloody, scarlet hues
Of warfare and struggle
Do I witness today.
And yet -
The same earth holds
Cities, towns, villages -
The same joy pervades
Young, old, and all in between.
The same soil sees
Cities, countries collapse -
The same heart beats
Within, as blood pours.
The map does hold
Several stories untold
Of people so diverse
Yet sharing the same soul.
Melomania
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Written By:Redamancy Mamihlapinatapai
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Sotto Voce-Col Legno Intro
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Con amore sing with love and affection.
Appassionato sing with deep passion
and intense emotion.
Amoroso sing in a loving, tender way.
Con tenerezza sing with gentle tenderness.
Romanza Romanza
she said for me to sing
a song of love and romance
a song for soothing dance
Oh sing to me
a love themed night
Amoroso: oh sing for me
Auh ooh
Warble and croon
sing with effection
Suonare in modo amorevole e tenero.
Appassionato
auh ooh auh
ooh we auh know
profonda passione ed emozione intensa.
d'amore, Romanza
auh amore auh sing
ah song of passion
oh love for me
sing a song to me
Suonare in uno stile cantabile e fluido.
Suonare con dolcezza e tenerezza.
Un brano musicale lirico, emozionante
espressivo, spesso incentrato
su una storia .Con tenerezza
oh lover for me
sing a love song to me
A moment in time
A moment unlike this
A moment so sublime
A moment of bliss
A moment of shock
A moment of disblief
A moment to take stock
A moment though breif
A moment of thought
A moment of clarity
A moment cut short
A moment in history
A moment to adjust
A moment if one
A moment for us
A moment now gone
Written febuary 2025 following on the pattern of poems time,love,thoughts,others in tbis pattern from 2012 was in moment when wrote snap shot moments ....
If I were a zombie
I would definitely eat your brain
Not because I wish you pain
But because I’m consumed by jealousy
I want to be just like you
Act just like you
Think just like you
Have your brillant brain in me
Be able to understand what you see
If I were a zombie
I would eat your brain
Is this a part of my insanity ?
I don’t want to be plain
I don’t want to die in vain
Please, let me have your identity
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Definition | What is Repetition in Poetry?
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Related Poetry Forms
recurrence, repeat, reiteration, litany, rhythm, echo, relation, restatement, redundancy, renewal, paraphrase, return, reappearance, practice, rehearsal, replication, report, copy, recapitulation, chant, iteration, recital, chorus, reproduction, rote, encore, reoccurrence, periodicity, repetitiousness, tautology, perseveration, alliteration, broken record, ingemination, iteracy, iterance, staccato,