A Minute with a Leprechaun
This is a nonsense poem about finding a Leprechaun and then quickly losing him again (making it fit into my theme). Although I’d love to say it’s deeper than that, it really isn’t. This is a minute poem, meaning that it has a rhyme scheme of aabb ccdd eeff and a rhythm scheme of 8,4,4,4 - 8,4,4,4 - 8,4,4,4 syllables. Because it is so short, I only used alliteration as my only poetic device. *Please note that is poem is meant to be read with an Irish accent.
I found me once, a Leprechaun.
A jolly con,
Who crossed me way
One fine spring day.
He looked like quite the comic lad
Completely clad
In gold and green,
And shaven clean.
He chortled, “Follow, if you dare!”
And with great flair,
That Leprechaun
Was quickly gone.
Great poem! The need to have it read with a certain accent makes it a lot more interesting and amusing. For me at least. Anyway, did you write this yourself? It's quite good, and I expect minute poems are more difficult to write than they seem. I particularly liked the reference to the leprechaun as a "jolly con". Well done.
ReplyDeletefirst of all, i really like how you colour coordinated all your poetic devices, it makes reading so much more fun, i also loved the "jolly con" line, you can tell that it refers to the leprechaun but the word con always makes my brain say convict, so i got thinking about jail cells and the longest yard, then football, then who my picks are for this week and my fantasy team. anyways good poem!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you really took the time to do this blog well. I like the highlighted words for the poetic forms. Excellent job. and I love the poem too. It really brings out the stereotypical speech of the Irish. Great Poem.
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