March 17, 2015
sound devices in poetry
Homework:
Study your 20 flashcards!
Objective
I can analyze the elements of poetry and evaluate the impact of sound devices on a
poem's meaning.
Warm Up:
Number 1-10 and 1-5 in your notes. In your vocabulary book, turn to pgs. 38-39
and complete #s 1-10 in the SYNONYMS section and #s 1-5 in the ANTONYMS
section.
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Turn to pg. 580 in your Literature book
Answer the following question: What are the three
main elements of poetry?
3 main elements of poetry
3 main elements of poetry
sound devices
3 main elements of poetry
sound devices
imagery
3 main elements of poetry
sound devices
imagery
figurative
language
5 types of sound devices
***Hint...first, remember the 3 R's***
rhyme
onomatopoeia
alliteration
rhythm
repetition
rhyme
the repetition of accented vowel
sounds and the endings of words
example: sun, run
thing, sing
sky, cry
rhythm
the musical quality created by the alternation
unaccented syllables in a line
of poetry.
example:
I like to go out in the sun.
I jump and dance and scream and run.
So after school I head outside...
of accented and
refrain
(repetition)
the technique in which a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated
for emphasis or unity.
example:
The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun,
The reason summer's so much fun.
I'm leaving now to go and play...
onomatopoeia
words whose sounds echo their meanings.
examples:
example:
We went to town to see the show,
All of our friends wanted to go,
But on our way, while driving there...
alliteration
the repetition of consonant sounds at the
Sounds, NOT letters!!!
example:
The sun, a lovely sight to see,
Every day in full glory.
Outside my window, oh so bright...
beginning of words.
Now take a look at
Pete at the Zoo
by Gwendolyn Brooks
1. Which words rhyme at the ends of the lines?
3. What does the repetition of words and phrases in the boxed lines help to emphasize
about nighttime at the zoo?
Now take a look at Fireworks by Valerie Worth
1. Does the poem sound like conversation or is it written in meter - a regular pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables?
2. What sounds are repeated in the boxed line to creat alliteration? Where does the poet
use onomatopoeia to help you hear the fireworks?
Now take a look at Windshield Wiper by Eve Merriam (pg. 616)
Now take a look at Night Journey by Theodore Roethke(pg.
618)
Now let's look at some examples of these sound devices
in the poems...
What's This?
Eight Balloons
Sound
device
Rhyme
What's This?
Eight
Balloons
Rhythm
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
What's This?
by Helen Ksypka
It's gunky goo, a slimy stew
of runny, drippy glop
or mucky mounds of icky, sticky,
greasy, grimy slop.
It's heaps of slush - a mass of mush
or gobs of gluey lumps,
unappetizing drops and plops
of culinary clumps.
It sometimes, too, is hard to chew
when brittle as a brick,
cuisine that has a dose of gross enough to make you sick.
With every clue I've given you,
I'm sure you have a hunch.
It's what they have the nerve to serve
at school and call it "lunch."
Eight Balloons
Eight balloons no one was buyin'
All broke loose one afternoon.
Eight balloons with strings a-flyin',
Free to do what they wanted to.
One flew up to touch the sun - POP!
One thought highways might be fun - POP!
One took a nap in a cactus pile - POP!
One stayed to play with a careless child - POP!
One tried to taste some bacon fryin' - POP!
One fell in love with a porcupine - POP!
One looked close in a crocodile's mouth - POP!
One sat around 'til his air ran out - WHOOSH!
Eight balloons no one was buyin' They broke loose and away they flew,
Free to float and free to fly
And free to pop where they wanted to.
Sound
device
Rhyme
What's This?
Eight
Balloons
Rhythm
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Your turn!
What about if there were 12 balloons instead of
just 8? Come up with 4 additional lines to this
poem that discuss the fate of 4 more balloons.
Keep the same rhyme scheme, rhythm and
repetition and be sure to include an example of 3+
alliteration.