I wrote a free verse poem which has the theme of leaving home.
I wanted to express my experience of how I felt to
live without my parents. I used three figures of speech which are simile, onomatopoeia, and personification. The first line, ‘Moving away from home feel like a nightmare’, of the poem is an example of simile. Secondly, the fifth line of the poem is the use of onomatopoeia. Lastly, in the sixth line, I referred home to one of my family members by using the phrase ‘say goodbye’ which clearly shows the use of personification. The purpose of this is to let the readers remember the poem by creating varieties of emotions such as sad, worried and scary throughout the poem. Additionally, I used two rhyme schemes which are consonance and repetition. In the conclusion, I wanted to share this poem to let the readers understand that it is hard not to fear when we need to live by ourselves with lesser protection because we do not know what we will have to face in the future.