Sound In

Poetry
Group 2 Presentation
Learning
Outcomes 01
Explore the various sound
devices that poets use to
create their masterpieces

Examine how they are used

02 to enhance the poetic
experience for readers
 what are the uses of
sound in poetry?
Musicality Emphasizes
01 02
it creates musicality, one way it emphasizes specific words or
that sound mechanisms like ideas, sound devices can also be
rhyme, alliteration, assonance, used to highlight specific words or
consonance, and ideas. By emphasizing particular
onomatopoeia contribute to sounds, poets can draw attention
poetry is by creating a to certain parts of the poem,
musicality that makes the emphasizing their significance to
poem more enjoyable to read the reader or listener.
or listen to.
 what are the uses of
sound in poetry?
Conveys Rhythmic Patterns
03 04
it conveys a message or it can create rhythmic patterns,
meaning, sounds utilized in poets can also use meter to
a poem can also convey create a rhythmic pattern in their
meaning writing.

Enhances
05
sound devices can enhance the sensory experience
of the reader or listener. Devices like onomatopoeia
can immerse the audience in the poem's world,
providing a rich, multisensory experience.
IN CONCLUSION...
the use of sound devices in
poetry is a vital aspect of the
art form, adding musicality,
emphasizing specific words or
ideas, conveying meaning,
creating a rhythmic pattern,
and enhancing the sensory
experience of the reader or
listener.
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 musicality
The foundation of musicality in
poetry is sound.

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 tone & mood
A poem's sound can also establish a tone
or atmosphere that influences the reader's
interpretation.

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k e fe el in gs
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sounds c m f o r t,
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whereas a poem with sooth

ing,
flowing sounds can evoke
feelings of tranquility or p
eace.

EMPHASIS & INTESITY

Sound can also be used to emphasize certain
words or ideas in a poem, creating a greater
intensity and impact.

For example, a poem that repeats

a particular sound or word can
create a sense of urgency or
emphasis.
 IMAGERY
The sounds used in a poem can also create
imagery that helps to paint a picture in the
reader's mind.

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Th e a n image
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of a

whilst birds ch
irping can
conjure up imag
es of a
serene, natural
atmosphere.
 MEMORABILITY
the use of sound in poetry can make it
more memorable.

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The mus e r e pe tit io n o f
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easie

allowing the po
em to stick
with the reader
long after
they have read
it.

 Literature
Prose Poetry

Fiction Non-Fiction Narrative Lyric Dramatic

Novel History Epic Song Tragedy

Short Story News Ballad Ode Comedy

Novella Biography Metrical Tale Sonnet Melodrama

Fable Diary Elegy Farce

Parable Anecdote Idyll Social Tale

Legend Essay
the sound
DEVICES
USED IN POETRY
 Why is it Important?

Literature helps to develop Literature teaches us about Literature provides a form of

language and history and culture. Reading escapism. Reading literature
communication skills. literature from different can be a great way to escape
Reading and understanding times and places can give us from the stresses of daily life
literature helps to build an insight into the history, and open up a world of
vocabulary, encourages culture, and beliefs of the possibility.
imagination, and helps to people who wrote them.
develop critical thinking.
 Why is it Important?

Literature can inspire and Literature encourages Literature helps to build

motivate. Reading literature empathy. Reading literature connections. Literature can
can help to inspire and can help us to understand help to build connections
motivate us in our own lives, the thoughts and feelings of between people, creating a
allowing us to learn from the others, and to develop a sense of shared
experiences of the greater understanding and understanding and
characters. appreciation of different appreciation.
cultures.
 Literature

Prose
Fiction Non-Fiction
Novel History

Short Story News

Novella Biography

Fable Diary

Parable Anecdote

Legend Essay
 Prose Poetry
Prose is a form of literature that uses Poetry is a genre of literature that uses
ordinary language and has a natural flow imaginative and often rhythmic language
of speech. It is distinguished from poetry, to express an idea, evoke emotion, or tell a
which uses a formal meter and rhyme. story. It is often used to convey complex
emotions and ideas in an accessible and
Prose typically consists of sentences and creative way.
paragraphs and is used for a variety of
genres, including novels, essays, short Poetry can take many different forms, from
stories, and newspaper articles. traditional rhyme schemes to free verse.
 Assonance
Musical rhythmic effect
Can create a musical or rhythmic
effect in poetry, as well as draw
attention to specific words or ideas.
Edgar Allan Poe’s
“Annabel Lee”
"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by thesea,
That a maiden there lived whom
you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no
other thought
mE"
Than to love and be loved by
It can also.....
create a sense of mood
or atmosphere in a poem.

An Example of this.....
William Wordsworth's
“The Solitary Reaper”
"The Solitary Reaper"
"Behold her, single in the Field,
Yon Solitary Highland Lass
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!”
 All in All....
assonance is a powerful tool in
poetry that can be used to achieve a
variety of effects, such as musicality,
emphasis, and mood setting.
 Onomatopoeia
Creates a word or phrase that Buzz Whisper
imitates the sound it represents to
H iss C lang
V S
create a more ivid and ensory
experience for the reader Murmur
Edgar Allan Poe’s
“The Bells”
onomatopoeic words such as “tinkle”,
“jingle”, and “mingle” that are used to
describe the sound of sleigh bells.
 “Hear the sledges with the bells,
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their
melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so
musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells—
From the jingling and the tinkling of
the bells.”
 Repetition
It is a tool that poets commonly use to create
emphasis, reinforce a theme or idea, or create a
sense of unity and coherence in their work.
 Dylan Thomas's
“Do Not Go Gentle into
That Good Night"
the repetition of the phrase "rage, rage against
the dying of the light" emphasizes the speaker's
plea for his father to fight against death.
 "Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of
day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark
is right,
Because their words had forked no
lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night."
 Repitition
Musicality Rhythm

Repeating specific words

or sounds
poets can....
can establish a pattern of repetition that gives
the poem a particular flow or rhythm

So that...
it's more enjoyable to read or listen to
 Repitition
Suspense sense of
anticipation
Repeating specific words
or sounds
 Repitition is a Powerful Tool
in Poetry

e
It is used to mphasize a point,
C reate a sense of musicality,
or Generate anticipation.
Last Literary
Device
"Refrain"
means to hold back
 "Refrain"
meaning? used to?
it is a repeated line create a musical
or group of lines in or rhythmic effect
a poem, song or to emphasize a
other form of particular theme
or idea.
literature
"Refrain"
With this?
Tcoherence
here would be a sense of unity or
in the poem, which can
coherence in the poem, which can
serve as a point of emphasis or
reflection for the reader.

 In the all in green went my love riding

on a great horse of gold
into the silver dawn.
four lean hounds crouched low and smiling
the merry deer ran before.
fleeter be they than dappled dreams
the swift sweet deer
the red rare deer.
 four fleet does at a gold valley
the famished arrow sang before.
bow steeped in streaming silver
his fierce heart quailed to know
all's fair in love and war,
said he.
blindly he smiled at me
drumming my heart with his fingers;
singling out my liver.

 eyes of blindness closed

at the last window,he
alone amid all the rush of the world
stared at me,with eyes unseeing.
love,is not love if wrought
with cruel intent
or borne out of vanity.

hearts, such as yours and mine,

burning like the sun
will leave behind a wake
of destruction in their rise
unless they be tempered
by wisdom and kindness.

WHAT IS THE MEANING?

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c rib es th
po em de s o the
the gol d in t
h or se of
ding on a
ri dawn

The poem ex
plores the id
powerful fo ea of love a
rce that can sa
destroy, and both inspire
suggests th and
tempered by at love mus
wisdom and t be
kindness to
causing harm avoid
.
 Refrain
Variety of Effects

musicality thematic emphasis

unity
3 ITEM QUIZ
 Group
Activity!
Here Are The
Rules !
one rule:
Recite the poem
by John Harris
correctly
one rule:
And tell us what
kind of literary
device is used in
the poem.

 "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked?"

What Kind of
Literary
Device is
used?
Alliteration
3 ITEM QUIZ
first rule:
second rule:
Your choices are...
Rhym
e, All
itera
Onom tion,
atopo Asso
eia, R nanc
ep etition e,
& Ref ,
rain.

Rhyme, Al
Onom at
lit
op
er
oe
at
ia
io
,
n
Re
, A
pe
s
t
s o
it
n
io
a
n
n
,
ce, Number one
& Refrain.

Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Twinkle twinkle little star.
Choices are...
Rhym
e, All
itera
Onom tion,
atopo Asso
eia, R nanc
ep etition e,
& Ref ,
rain.

The Answer is...

Refra
in
Rhyme, A
Onom
l
at
lit
op
er
oe
at
ia
io
,
n
R
& Refrain.
e
, A
pe
s
t
s o
it
n
io
a
n
n
,
ce,
Number two

“There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling

Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling,
Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering,
Little hands clapping and little tongues chattering,
And, like fowls in a farm-yard when barley is scattering…”

Choices are...
Rhym
e, All
itera
Onom tion,
atopo Asso
eia, R nanc
ep etition e,
& Ref ,
rain.

The Answer is...

Onom
atopo
eia

Rhyme,
Onom
Al
at
lit
op
er
oe
at
ia
io
,
n
R
& Refrain.
e
, A
pe
s
t
s o
it
n
io
a
n
n
,
ce,
Number Three

Thoughts of you surround me.

You're the beating of my heart.
The love you give defines me.
My life is no longer dark.
Choices are...
Rhym
e, All
itera
Onom tion,
atopo Asso
eia, R nanc
ep etition e,
& Ref ,
rain.

The Answer is...

Rhym
e
Sound In
Poetry
Group 2 Presentation