The Use of Sound in Poetry

1. The Use of Sound in Poetry

2. What is one of the poetic devices we will be looking at today?

3. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is a word or group of words that, when spoken aloud, imitates the sound it produces. Onomatopoeia is extremely useful in written English because it helps authors to describe sounds accurately and makes writing much more lively and interesting.

4. Onomatopoeia – Some non-animal examples…

5. Onomatopoeia in different languages: A dog barking • InAlbanian, ham ham • In Arabic, haw haw, habhab • In Armenian, "հաւ հաւ," havhav • In Batak, kung-kung • In Bengali: gheugheuঘেউ ঘেউ, bheubheuভেউ ভেউ, bhoubhouভউ ভউ • In Brazilian portuguese: au au • In Bulgarian, bow bowбау бау, djaffdjaffджаф джаф • In Catalan, bupbup • In Chinese, Cantonese, wōu-wōu㕵㕵 • In Chinese, Mandarin, wāngwāng汪汪[zho 14] • In Czech, hafhaf • In Danish, vufvuf, vovvov, bjæfbjæf • In Dutch, wafwaf, woefwoef • In English, woof, arf, bow wow, ruff • In Estonian, auhauh • In Finnishhauhau, vuhvuh • In French, ouahouah, ouafouaf, woufwouf • In German, wauwau, waffwaff, wuffwuff • In Greek, ghavghavγαβ γαβ, woof • In Hebrew, havhavהַב־הַב,[heb 4]haw hawהַאוּ־הַאוּ[heb 4] • In Hindi, bhobhoभो भो • In Hungarianvauvau • In Icelandic, voffvoff • In Indonesian, gukguk • In Italian, baubau • In Japanese, ワンワン (wan wan) • In Kannada, bow bow • In Korean, meongmeong멍멍 • In Latgalian, vauvau • In Latvian, vau • In Lithuanian, au au • In Macedonian, avavав ав, dzhavdzhavџав џав • In Malayalam, baubau • In Marathi, bhuubhuuभू भू • InNorwegianvoffvoff, vovvov • In Persian, vaaghواق vaaghواق • In Polish, hauhau • In Portuguese, au au, ãoão, béubéu • In Romanian, ham ham • In Russian, gavgav (гав-гав), tyaftyafтяф-тяф • In Sinhalese, buhbuhබුඃ බුඃ • In Slovene, hovhov • In Spanish, guauguau • In Swedish, vovvov, voffvoff • In Tagalog, aw aw • In Tamil, vovw-vovwலொள் லொள், loll-loll, vazhvazh • In Telugu, baubau • In Thai, โฮ่ง ๆ (honghong), บ๊อก ๆ (bokbok) • In Turkish, havhav • In Uropi, wawwaw • In Vietnamese, gâugâu, sủasủa

6. 100 sounds Baa! clacked crashed flapped hiccups knocking mooed squealing bang  clanging creak flush hissed meowing murmured squished bark  clap crinkled gargled honk moaning oinked rattle strum beep  clash croaked groaned howled pattered revved swish belch  clatter crashed growling hummed peep splattered tapped boom. Clicking creak grumbling jingle shrieked splash ticking Bow-wow!  clinking plopped ringing sizzling sniffed thud bump  clip-clopped crinkled pop ripped slap snorted spit thump burp  clucking coo croaked puff roar slurped snapped toot buzz cough crunch grunted purr rumbled smacked squeak trickled ca-ching! crack drip-drop gulped quacking screeched sprayed chirp  crackling  fizzed hacking raspy rustled smashed Tweeted wail whizzed woofed yapping zapped zipped zoomed

7. What is the second poetic device we will be looking at today?

8. What is alliteration? Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a series within a phrase or poetry line. The repetition of sounds might imitate the sound of what is being talked about in the poem. However, often the connection is much more subtle and creates a mood or rhythm to influence the reader, much like background music in a movie.

9. Alliteration in Langston Hughes’ poetry A Dream Deferred Dreams What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Find the alliteration in these Langston Hughes poems.

10. In your writing today… Add some sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration to your poetry. Think of the suitable places in your poems to add these devices, places where you want to create a certain tone, atmosphere or musical quality to your poem.