A Big-Eared Rat
A big-eared rat once heard a cat
A mile away or more.
Alas the rat was eaten
By a cat next door.
Is it alliteration, simile, etc.?
2007-04-17 13:52:39 · 6 answers · asked by Claire B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A cute little narrative with a moral to the story - dont worry about what's far away - worry about what's next door. Pax - C.
2007-04-17 13:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a little assonance in the vowel sounds like "a" in cat, but mainly this is a limerick, which doesn't typically use poetic figurative language--instead, the poem relies on the momentum of the meter and rhyme scheme to carry it forward
it's in the same vein as mother goose rhymes, although this one has a more tangible moral than most
2007-04-17 14:16:40 · answer #2 · answered by sherrilyn1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot of assonance ( "a" sounds) in it.
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words as in, "some ship in distress that cannot live." The i's in those words have same vowel sounds but they do not have to rhyme. Assonance includes but is not limited to alliteration with vowel sounds.
2007-04-17 14:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well let see the big eared rat was the man next door
he heard the cat which was the landlord dog coming to eat her so the cat ate him . its all good
2007-04-17 14:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by moon goddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rhyming poem
2007-04-17 13:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ugggh got me.
2007-04-17 13:57:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋