Poetry Musical Devices Alliteration The repetition of the

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Poetry Musical Devices

Poetry Musical Devices

Alliteration The repetition of the initial sound in two or more words in a

Alliteration The repetition of the initial sound in two or more words in a line. To the lay-person, these are called “tongue-twisters”. Example: How much dew would a dewdrop if a dewdrop did drop dew?

Alliteration Let’s see what this looks like in a poem. These examples use the

Alliteration Let’s see what this looks like in a poem. These examples use the beginning sounds of words only twice in a line, but by definition, that’s all you need. Alliteration She Walks in Beauty I. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.

Onomatopoeia Words that spell out sounds; that sound like what buzz… hiss…words roar… meow…

Onomatopoeia Words that spell out sounds; that sound like what buzz… hiss…words roar… meow… woof… rumble… howl… snap… zip…mean. zap… blip… whack … they crack… crash… flutter… flap… squeak… whirr … plop… crunch… splash… jingle… rattle… click … clack… bam … boom!

Noise Day Let’s see what this looks like in a poem. by Shel Silverstein

Noise Day Let’s see what this looks like in a poem. by Shel Silverstein Let’s have one day for girls and boyses When you can make the grandest noises. Screech, scream, holler, and yell – Onomatopoeia Buzz a buzzer, clang a bell, Sneeze – hiccup – whistle – shout, Laugh until your lungs wear out, Toot a whistle, kick a can, Several other words not highlighted could also be considered as onomatopoeia. Can you find any? Bang a spoon against a pan, Sing, yodel, bellow, hum, Blow a horn, beat a drum, Rattle a window, slam a door, Scrape a rake across the floor. .

Assonance A repetition of vowel sounds within words or syllables. Fleet feet sweep by

Assonance A repetition of vowel sounds within words or syllables. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese. Free and easy. Make the grade. The stony walls enclosed the holy space. 6

Assonance examples Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest

Assonance examples Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came. --Carl Sandburg, Early Moon “…on a proud round cloud in white high night…” - E. E. Cummings “I made my way to the lake. ” 7

The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close

The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. 8

The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson Answer He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson Answer He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. 9

Consonance �It is the repetition of consonant sounds located other than at the beginnings

Consonance �It is the repetition of consonant sounds located other than at the beginnings of words. �The Lake offers a good example: Snuffles at my feet for what I might drop or kick up Sucks and slobbers the stones, snorts through its lips

Rhyme The repetition of sounds/ End rhyme - the last word on each line

Rhyme The repetition of sounds/ End rhyme - the last word on each line rhymes. Example: hat, cat, brat, fat, mat, sat My Beard by Shel Silverstein My beard grows to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes. Internal rhyme- Words INSIDE the sentence rhyme.

Rhyme The repetition of end sounds in words End rhymes appear at the end

Rhyme The repetition of end sounds in words End rhymes appear at the end of two or more lines of poetry. Internal rhymes appear within a single line of poetry. Ring around the rosies, A pocket full of posies, Abednego was meek and mild; he softly spoke, he sweetly smiled. He never called his playmates names, and he was good in running games; 12

Rhyme Scheme “also = a. k a. n as” know �The pattern of end

Rhyme Scheme “also = a. k a. n as” know �The pattern of end rhymes (of lines) in a poem. �Letters are used to identify a poem’s rhyme scheme (a b a rhyme pattern). �The letter a is placed after the first line and all lines that rhyme with the first line. �The letter b identifies the next line ending with a new sound, and all lines that rhyme with it. �Letters continue to be assigned in sequence to lines containing new ending sounds. 13

Rhyme Scheme continued… Examples: Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are

Rhyme Scheme continued… Examples: Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are Up above the earth so high, Like a diamond in the sky. a a b b ************************ Baa, black sheep a Have you any wool? b Yes sir, yes sir, c Three bags full. b 14

Rhyme Scheme continued… What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza? Whose woods these

Rhyme Scheme continued… What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza? Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. From Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost 15

Did you get it right? aaba Whose woods these are I think I know.

Did you get it right? aaba Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. a a b a 16

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