A Poetry handbook notes(p29-34)

4. 5. 2018

p29-34

Devices of sound:

Alliteration: strictly specking. The repetition of the initial sound of words in a line or lines of verse. E.g It bleeds the black blood of the blueberry.

But sometimes alliteration includes the repetition of both initial sounds and interior sounds of words. E.g blueberry.

Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line or lines of verse. Such repetition creates a near-rhyme. E.g And land so lightly.

Onomatopoeia: the use of a word that, through its sound as well as its sense, represents what it defines. E.g cows moo, bees buzz.