The Sounds of Poetry

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The Sounds of Poetry
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Rhyme

• The repetition of final sounds
• Cat-hat-mat
• Punishment ailment
• Glass-pass-class
• Dragon wagon - flagon

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Internal Rhyme

• The repetition of final sounds in the same line
  of a poem
• Jenny and Me were engaged, you see,
• So a kiss or two was nothing to you
• Sam McGee was from Tennessee

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Assonance

• The repetition of similar or identical vowel
  sounds in neighbouring words
• "The setting sun was licking the hard bright
  machine like some great invisible beast on its
  knees."
• Hear the mellow wedding bells,

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Alliteration

• The repetition of initial (starting) sounds in
  neighbouring words.
• Curious cats crouch on the window sillWatching
  unwaveringly through the glassAs blue birds fly
  by.Curious cats areAlmost two headed in a
  sensitive sense,Still alert and awareOf the
  running, rotten rats behind them.

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Slant Rhyme

• Also known as half-rhyme or near rhyme
• The repetition of consonant sounds in
  neighbouring words
• When have I last looked on
• The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies
• Of the dark leopards of the moon?
• All the wild witches, those most noble ladies,

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Onomatopoeia

• Words, when spoken aloud, sound like the sound
  they represent.
• Whoosh, slap, bang, crash
• Beep, belch
• Drip, fizz, flick
• Thump, tinkle, zoom

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Rhythm

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in
  a poem.
• To be, or not to be. That is the question.
  William Shakespeare
• Cremation of Sam McGee
• Call Me Maybe

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Imagery

• Imagery is the words and phrases in poetry that
  excite the senses.
• Imagery describes things that you can see, hear,
  smell, taste and touch.

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• The Red Wheelbarrow
• By William Carlos Williams
• So much depends on the red wheelbarrow
• Glazed with rain water
• Beside the white chickens

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• one inch tall
• by Shel Silverstein If you were only one inch
  tall, you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop
  of a crying ant would be your swimming pool. A
  crumb of cake would be a feast And last you
  seven days at least, A flea would be a
  frightening beast If you were one inch tall.
  If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk
  beneath the door, And it would take about a
  month to get down to the store. A bit of fluff
  would be your bed, You'd swing upon a spider's
  thread, And wear a thimble on your head If you
  were one inch tall. You'd surf across the
  kitchen sink upon a stick of gum. You couldn't
  hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb.
  You'd run from people's feet in fright, To move
  a pen would take all night, (This poem took
  fourteen years to write-- 'Cause I'm just one
  inch tall).

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• And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
• By Dr. Seuss
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vLSYIQXEBZSs

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• Dulce et Decorum Est
• By Wilfred Owen
• Please underline or highlight all the examples of
  imagery you can find in Dulce et Decorum Est and
  pass it into the tray when you are done.