1. Sound Devices

2. Poetry has a musical quality Poetry has a musical quality To achieve this musical effect, poets use: rhymerhythm sound effects

3. Repetition What’s is purpose? 1. Musical effect ( quality of sound) 2. Emphasize theme 3. Establish rhythm and structure

4. Rhyme The repetition of the sound of the stressed vowel (a,e,i,o,u) and any sounds that follow it in words that are close together.

5. Examples : Look and Book Sat and Fat Jar and Car Blue and Clue

6. Types of Rhyme 1. exact ( pure) rhyme : all sounds from the stressed vowel to the end of the word are repeated. 1. exact ( pure) rhyme : all sounds from the stressed vowel to the end of the word are repeated.Example immersion --- conversion immersion --- conversion pleasure --- treasure pleasure --- treasure sphere--- revere sphere--- revere

7. 2. Slant or approximate, rhyme: some sounds are repeated, but the words are not exact echoes of each other.some sounds are repeated, but the words are not exact echoes of each other.Example: regularly--- February regularly--- February landing --- scanning landing --- scanning song --- gone song --- gone

8. 3. Eye rhyme: words that look like they should rhyme, but do not. Example: through, rough, dough

9. Where Rhyme Occurs End Rhyme: rhymes that occur at ends of lines. End Rhyme: rhymes that occur at ends of lines. A regular pattern of end rhyme, or rhyme scheme, defines the shape of a poem and holds it together. A regular pattern of end rhyme, or rhyme scheme, defines the shape of a poem and holds it together.

10. Use lower case letters at ends of lines to determine its rhyme scheme. Use lower case letters at ends of lines to determine its rhyme scheme. Internal Rhyme : occurs within a line. Internal Rhyme : occurs within a line. Rhythm : musical quality based on repetition. Is it fast, lively, bouncy, jingly, slow? Rhythm : musical quality based on repetition. Is it fast, lively, bouncy, jingly, slow?

11. Sound Effects A. Onomatopoeia: use of words that sound like what they mean. A. Onomatopoeia: use of words that sound like what they mean. Example: Humming, Thrumming, Bang, Ouch! B. Alliteration: repetition of the same consonant sound in several words. Usually at the beginning of words. B. Alliteration: repetition of the same consonant sound in several words. Usually at the beginning of words.

12. Examples of Alliteration: Examples of Alliteration: Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore

13. C. assonance: repetition of the same vowel sound (short or long) in several words. Example: Short “I” sound: ring and silver Long “I" sound: rise and ply

14. Consonance: Repetition at close intervals of the middle or final consonant sounds of accentuated syllable or important words. Repetition at close intervals of the middle or final consonant sounds of accentuated syllable or important words. Example: Example: Book, plaque, thicker the Kaa sound

15. Take this kiss upon the brow a And, in parting from you now, a Thus much let me avow a You are not wrong, who deem b That my days have been a dream; b Yet if hope has flown away c In a night, or in a day, c In a vision, or in none, d Is it therefore the less gone? d Asll that we see or seem b Is but a dream within a dream. b -- from “ A Dream within a Dream” by Edgar Allan Poe