Sound Devices – are resources used by poets to convey and

reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the

skillful use of sound.

1.ONOMATOPOEIA - is the naming of thing or action by the vocal

imitation of the sound associated with it.
Ex. The chirp, chirp, chirp of the wounded bird broke the silence.
2.ALLITERATION- is a sound device which is the repetition of a
consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Ex. Sally sells seashells in the seashore.
3. ASSONANCE- is a sound device which is the repetition of the same
vowel sound either at the beginning of words or inside the words.
 Ex. May lay near the bay and stayed awake.
4.PERSONIFICATION- is giving of qualities of a person to things not
human, such as animals, plants, objects, or ideas.
Ex. The breeze wiped the orphan’s tears.
5.IRONY- signifies the opposite of what is being said.
Ex. When I lost my wallet, he said, “This is my lucky day”.

6. HYPERBOLE- is the use of exaggera-tion.

Ex. I died a thousand deaths when my crush refused to dance with me.
7. CONSONANCE- is the repetition of consonant sounds and the
stressed syllables but with different vowel sounds within or at the end of a
line.
Ex. Boat and night cool and soul