Elements of

Poetry: Sound
BSED – ENG 2A - Discussants:
ESTINGOR, JASMINE, RAGAMAT, CHRISSA & VARGAS, CAMILLE
 Objectives:
• Review the basic elements of poetry.

• Identify various sound devices.

• Discuss the importance

of sound devices.
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 Basic
Elements
of Poetry
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SCHEME STANZA

Poem
VERSE RHYME
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 Sound
Devices
in Poetry

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 Sound devices are
literary techniques that
describe how words
sound in a poem.
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 Sound
Devices
in Poetry

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 1. ELISION
Omission of a
syllable or a sound.
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 EXAMPLE:
I’ve fall’n into your eyes.

That floats on high

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o’er lake and hills. 10
 2. ONOMATOPEIA
Sound device that
represents the exact sound
of something in the poem.
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 EXAMPLE:
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the cows go Mooo!
and the monkeys all say Booo!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
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 3. ASSONANCE
Repetition of
vowel sounds within
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the poetry. 13
 EXAMPLE:
He claps his feet and
stamps his hands.

Jackie eats the

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sweet treats. 14
 4. CACOPHONY
Combination of loud
and harsh sound.
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 EXAMPLE:
Klarissa Klein drives an old,
grumbling Cadillac which has
a crumpled bumper and
screaming, honking horn.
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 5. EUPHONY
Uses of pleasant
and smooth sounds
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or words. 17
 EXAMPLE:
• “Leisure” - which has
a long vowel, buzzing,
and soft consonants.

• “Nanny” - which has

soft consonants and
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a long vowel sound. 18
 6. ALLITERATION
Repeated consonant
sounds appear at the
initial letter of words .
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 EXAMPLE:
Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers.

She sells seashells

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by the seashore. 20
 7. RHYME
Repetition of words
with the same
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sound in a poem. 21
 EXAMPLE:
“Rose are red
violets are blue,
I can’t believe you’re
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a monkey too.” 22
 8. CONSONANCE
Repetition of
consonant sounds
within the poetry.
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 EXAMPLE:
• Clary closed her
cluttered clothes closet.

• Rachel ran until she realized she

was running round and round.
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 IMPORTANCE
Some poets uses sound devices
to arouse a strong emotions.

Sound devices helps children to

easily picked up and remember the
words in literature and poetry.
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