Repetition – Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com

poetic device: Repetition

Repetition in poetry is when you repeat individual words, phrases, lines, or entire stanzas throughout the poem. Repetition gives extra strength or emphasis to the idea being repeated.

For example, you might start all of many of the lines of a poem with the same words, such as “I’ll never” or “I can’t wait for.” Or you might repeat a single line more than once to emphasize the point, as in the ending of Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” You can even repeat an entire stanza more than once; this is called a chorus or a refrain.

If you would like to write your own repetition poems, read this fun poetry-writing lesson.

All of these poems include repetition. Read a few and see if you like repetition in poems.

Our Magic Toilet

Nicknames

Lost and Found

My Virtual Puppy

I’m Counting the Days until Christmas

Tiny Todd the Turtle

Advice from Dracula

I Can’t Wait for Summer

Today I Got a Valentine

My New Remote

I Think I’d Like to Get a Pet

My Koala’s Not a Doctor

I’m Only Half a Werewolf

I Slipped on a Banana Peel

Pickle with Cheddar

I Stuck My Finger Up My Nose

Things You Don’t Need to Know

Here’s a Silly Poem

My Sister Should Be an Explorer

Chocolate for Breakfast

Dragon’s Birthday

Valentine’s Day Card

Swinging from the Lights

Thank You, Thanksgiving

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