Thursday, November 11, 2010

Are there any sound devices (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm) in this poem and what is their effect? Smalltown Dance by Judith...

At
the moment, what you need most is to find out how to identify sound devices.
sound device is a class
of literary device that is in the category of literary
technique;
 this means it is something a poet (or prose writer) may or may not
choose to employ. Sound devices create an effect in poetry (or
prose) because of what they add to the musicality, the sound, of the work, and
sound, as Spenser and Frost prove, adds to the
meaning of a work, especially a poetic work. Some common sound devices are
, assonance, consonance, rhyme, and rhythm (metrical pattern).


  • Alliteration: This is the repetition of a
    sound--usually a consonant--at the beginnings of words that are next to or nearby each other
    (i.e., proximal words); e.g., poems put poetic points in proper poetic patterns.

  • Assonance: This occurs within words and is the
    repetition of the same vowel sound in proximal (nearby) words; it's also called an internal or a
    vowel rhyme; e.g., date,
    place,
    fame.

  • Consonance:  This is...





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