SOUND PATTERNS

produce
Functions: repetition in create rhythm
poetry

Major sound
SOUND
patterns in rhyme alliteration
PATTERNS
poetry:

assonance onomatopoeia
RHYME. TYPES
AND FUNCTION
 Rhyme: Phenomenon by means of which two
words have the same sound (phoneme) from the
last stressed vowel onwards.

 A rhyme scheme is a regular pattern of rhyme,

one that is consistent throughout the extent of the
poem. Rhyme schemes are labeled according to
their rhyme sounds. Every rhyme sound is given
its own letter of the alphabet to distinguish it
from the other rhyme sounds that may appear in
the poem (a, b, c,...)
TYPES OF
RHYME
4 CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION

RHYMIN
LOCATI
G
ON
SOUNDS

NUMBE
R OF RHYMIN
RHYMIN G
G PATTER
SYLLAB N
LES
 1. ACCORDING TO THE SOUNDS
Full rhyme: the consonant
Rich rhyme: the consonant
preceding the last stressed
before the last stressed Identical rhyme: the two
vowel of the two words is
vowel is identical: lap/clap, rhyming words are the same.
different: night/delight,
clatter/platter.
power/flower.

Homonym: two rhyming

Half-rhymes, slant rhymes
words that look and sound (consonance: same
or pararhymes: only the
the same, but have different consonants but different
consonants or only the
meanings (i.e.: well (n.)/well stressed vowel): reader/rider
vowel sounds are identical
(adv.)).

(assonance: same vowels, (eye-rhyme: identical

different consonants): spelling, but different
poppet/profit, pronunciation):
forever/weather opposite/spite, home/come
2. ACCORDING TO THE
PLACE OF RHYME

interna
end-
- leonine rhyme: a word in the
middle of the line (usually before a

l caesura) rhymes with the word at

rhyme
the end of the line:

rhyme
They took some honey, and plenty of
money.
3. ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF RHYMING SYLLABLES

Feminine rhymes:
Masculine rhymes :
two identical
one identical syllable:
syllables:
street/meet, man/ban,
straining/complaining
pretend/depend
, slowly/holy.

Triple rhymes: three

identical syllables:
icicles/bicycles.
4. ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN OF THE
RHYME

continuous rhyming alternate

rhyme: couplets: rhyme: abab
aaaabbbb ... aa bb cc ... cdcd ...

embracing
chain rhyme: tail rhyme:
rhyme: abba
aba bcb cdc ... aabccb ...
cddc ...
ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE,Assonance
ONOMATOPOEIA
is the repetition of the same
vowel sound in the stressed syllables of
Alliteration is the repetition of the words in close proximity, while the
same sound, usually a consonant, at the consonants differ:
beginning of words or stressed Rend with tremendous
syllables in close proximity:
Sound your ears asunder,
And the sound of a voice that is still.
With Gun, Drum, Trumpet,
Blunderbuss & Thunder

Onomatopoeia is a word that

phonetically imitates, resembles or
suggests the sound that it describes:
- Bang!
- Woof!
TASK 1: Observe the following stanzas from songs.
Which sounds are similar in these lines? How many
different types of rhyme do you notice?
 a. "Eenie Meeny Miny Moe" (nursery rhyme)
 
Eenie Meeny Miny Moe
Catch a tiger by the toe
If he hollers, make him pay
Fifty dollars every day.  c. From "Enough for You", by Doro

  What can take me into your heart?

b. From "The Logical Song", by Supertramp What can I do?
Would you help me from falling apart?
 
Is my love enough for you? Enough for you.
Logical, responsible, practical
 
And then they showed me a world
 
Where I could be so dependable
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.
d. From "Curious Child", by Prince
 
In a room full of harlots and fantasy
Destiny beckoned us there
Curious child on the balcony
We took the dare.
 

e. From "Here We Come", by St. Lunatics

 
My pockets gettin fatter, your pockets gettin thinner
I ain't baptized so you callin me a sinner
Overpaid, 29, callin me a young tenor
Nelly stop don't leave, don't stop when I'm in her
“Acquainted with the Night”

By Robert Frost
 

I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

 

 
 

 
I have been one acquainted with the night. 
I have walked out in rain —and back in rain. 
I have outwalked the furthest city light. 

I have looked down the saddest city lane. 

I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes,  unwilling to explain. 

 I have stood still  and stopped the sound of feet

When far away  an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
 But not to call me back  or say good-bye; 

And further still  at an unearthly height, 

One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong  nor right.  

I have been one acquainted with the night.

Enjambment

Epiphora

Epimone

Anaphora

Polyptoton