As much as I hated the Romantic Poets in school, I’m amazed I remembered that much.
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Long, long (8th grade, 65 years) ago, in a galaxy not very far away...
<Chuckle...>
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" contains every figure of speech in the English language.
And, one of the best teachers I ever had, spent six of my eighth-grade weeks on the "Rime", making sure we knew how to use it as a "toolkit of figures of speech".
She did her job well: I still remember most of the poem. So, when I use alliteration, in the back of my mind, I hear:
"The fair breeze blew,
the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea."
The "Rime as toolkit" has served me well.
For two years, I feared and nearly loathed that teacher—and the "College Track" English teacher who followed her for three years in high school! But, If I could go back and give Mrs. Otilla Costly Diemer (8-9) and Mrs Agnes Hamm (10-12) big hugs, I would leap at the opportunity!
Need I say it? Those were the days when Public Education still worked—and worked well—and had great teachers!