AnElephantCant claim to be erudite
He just wasn’t very well teached
At speling and gramer
He’ll just yammer and stammer
But he still plans to discuss figures of speech
Alliteration is likeably laughable
Fine folk fairly foolishly find funny
A metaphor is cool
With one golden rule
Life is a roller coaster and time is money
In litotes you emphasise your point
By cleverly using understatement
You say not bad for good
Not polite instead of rude
And not too shabby when really great meant
An anagram is where you shuffle the letters
You get credit for being direct
They have the same frequence
But in a new sequence
The spectre of a sceptre brings respect
AnElephantCant explain oxymoron
In a rhyme that will make any sense
Just think Friendly Fire
He says Liar Liar
That is a product of Military Intelligence
AnElephant is really keen to be a
Fun example of the wonderful onomatopoeia
Which is like the sound it describes
And gives him vroomy vibes
Like crash bang bump thump wham pow whee bah
anelephantcant 
Wow!! Speechless aside from that. lol
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AnElephantCant help feeling ecstatic
His new friend finds his post amusing
He thinks that she’s cool
He does act like a fool
But he hopes she’ll come back to peruse him
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When it comes to onomatopoetic oxymorons I have never encountered any that I have enjoyed more than those here in your wonderfully intellectual and literate post. I am in complete awe. I find I am filipendulous with anticipation for more glossolalia although your jentacular post with the pancakes was also most interesting. I’m guessing that you can definitely quomodocunquize all of your wonderfully written posts that are enjoyed with great pleasure! Thank you, Penny
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You’re welcome.
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Very clever, fantastic. My favourite is an onomatapoeia. “smack, crackle and pop”
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AnElephantCant claim he’s fantastic
But it is sweet of Ute to say so
It is great to see you
Appreciate onomatopoeia
Ring a ding boogaloo and hey ho
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This is great! A really handy way for students to see these terms at work. Thanks for posting!
Alice
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AnElephantCant remember ever seeing
Bad to Verse meandering this way
Take the ‘to’ from your name
And it becomes the same
As AnElephant writes every day
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Gosh, I wish I’d known you when I was teaching all these! Your verses would have made it all so much easier and more memorable for my students. 🙂
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AnElephantCant believe you’re a teacher
He should have guessed that in a trice
So you could have schooled him
But instead you fooled him
Into thinking Miss MyBeautifulThings is quite nice
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Ieonna feels confused,
The complicated term amuse her
She just writes from the soul
Without fearing to sound foul.
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AnElephantCant stop being confused
For him it’s a permanent state
So let’s try bargaining
You write in Romanian
And AnElephant will try to translate
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After a bit of pondering
I decided to agree
Let’s see if the Elephant
And Google
Could pop this quiz:
‘Acest blog este unic, amuzant, inteligent si primitor’
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AnElephantCant claim he’s a linguist
So this translation took some hawing and humming
But then he finds
Ieonaa is too kind
She thinks his blog is unique, amusing, intelligent and also welcoming
Thank you, and hugs, you are a sweetheart
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🙂
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This wee rhyme is not too shabby
Neither is the sketch over the top
AnElephant’s musings are amusing
Like ice cream in July
Makes Emmy laugh heartily
With onomatopoeia I have to stop,
Pfffttt! Hein? Ben…boff ring ding
Humm, mouah!
Tu me tues.
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AnElephantCant compete with Emmy
His rhymes are way to hammy
Onomatopoetic French
Sa soif would quench
Mais il te tuera jamais
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