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Assonance and Alliteration (cont.) My hand’s as clumsy as a claw Now I had three "a" sounds in my line, and my language just sounded more purposeful. The second line, Lines tossed out like scattered straw, is talking about the kid's handwriting. I liked the two Ls and the two Ss, but I wanted more. I tried to think of another verb like tossed that started with L. No go. I checked my thesaurus. Nothing. But then I thought that when you toss something, it lands. And that starts with L. So instead of "Lines tossed out like scattered straw," I tried, "My letters land like scattered straw." Three Ls. It seemed to smack, smack, smack, just like the letters landing on the page. It worked. So those two lines ended up as My hand’s as clumsy as a claw |
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