Theodore Geisel's parents greatly influenced his writing and is where he learned to rhyme and draw. When Geisel was just a little boy, his mom would always read books to him and his little sister. Also, when Geisels mom would read to them, she read with a lot of rhyme and urgency. As a result, Geisel started his love for writing as just a little boy, by writing very crazy rhymes. After a short time, Geisel started to become very good at writing, and became an absolute master at alliteration. An example of Geisel using alliteration is found in Dr. Seuss’s ABC “David Donald Doo dreamed a dozen doughnuts and a duck-dog, too” (Seuss 8). Another poetic device Geisel became very good at is assonance. An example of him using assonance is “We looked!
