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The Use of Sounds in Poetry

The Use of Sounds in Poetry. Megan Schonhar English IV 25 March 2013. Jacob Kobler Shane Nelson. Types. There are many different types of sound techniques in poetry. Alliteration Assonance Cacophony Rhyme Onomatopoeia Rhythm

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The Use of Sounds in Poetry

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  1. The Use of Sounds in Poetry Megan Schonhar English IV 25 March 2013 Jacob Kobler Shane Nelson

  2. Types • There are many different types of sound techniques in poetry. • Alliteration • Assonance • Cacophony • Rhyme • Onomatopoeia • Rhythm • These are just a few of the MANY options you have when writing poetry or music.

  3. Alliteration • This is also known as “head rhyme” or “initial rhyme” because it is the repetition of the initial sound in a word. • Most of the time, the repeated letter is a consonant. • The words do not have to be next to each other. • Usually takes at leas three consecutive words in a sentence to be considered alliteration. • It is used to emphasize key words in a line. • Ex. She sells sea shells by the sea shore

  4. Assonance • The repetition of vowel sounds. • Creates internal rhyming. • Has the same effect as alliteration. • Ex. “… the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain…” (Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”).

  5. Cacophony • Using unpleasant spoken sounds created by clashing consonants. • Words that combine sharp, harsh, hissing or annoying sounds. • Used to stir up discord, and cause the feeling of being lost. • Ex. “’Twasbrillig, and the slithytovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe.” (Lewis Carroll, “Jabberwocky”).

  6. Rhyme • Utilizes the same accent ending vowel sound. • The starting consonant must be different. • Different types; perfect rhyme and near rhyme • Perfect rhyme: when words rhyme exactly. Ex. Go, show, flow, Joe. • Near rhyme: two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sound in common. Ex. Stopped and wept.

  7. Onomatopoeia • Words that are used as immediate sounds. • Used for imagery • Adds sound to words. • Ex. BAM. BOOM. POW! • Ex. Snap, Crackle, Pop.

  8. Rhythm • A crucial piece of most poetry. • The regular or progressive pattern of recurrent accents in the flow of a line. • It is basically the flow and pattern of the poem. • Could use rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia or any other method to accomplish its thesis/goal.

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