Poem

Snake, by Morgan Dyne
One sunny day, a snake is slithering along,
Into a sneaky hiding place. The place is under the sink.
I open the cabinets blocking under the sink, and
There is a snake in our house.

I shut the doors of the cabinets, wondering what to say or do.
I slowly back away
Trying not to scream. So, I run to my mom and explain:
"There is a snake in our house."

Justin is crying, while Griffin is cracking
up. I am shrieking while my mom is freaking out;
She takes a big can, thinking she would carry it out.
There is a snake in our house.

My mom silenced us so the snake wouldn't be upset.
The silence in our house is a scary noise.
My mom sweeps the snake into the can, and shows it back outside.
There was a snake in our house.

This poem is named "Snake,"for self-explanatory reasons. I used sibilance, consonance (which could also be cacophony), and repetition. I wanted the snake stanza to sound like there's a hissing sound with the s and sh sounds in the poem. Then, in the third stanza, I wanted it to sound harsh and a little scary, because everyone in the house was scared, so I used a k sound. The repetition in the poem was the last line of each stanza was always the same, except the very last line. In the first three stanzas, the last line is in present tense, but in the last stanza, it's in past tense, which represents that the snake WAS in the house, but isn't anymore.