1. Cornell Notes : Poetry, Part 1, Sound Devices
1. What is the significance (importance) of sound in poetry?
2. What is a couplet?
Define the following terms:
1) Repetition
2) Alliteration
3) Rhyme
4) Rhythm
5) Onomatopoeia
1. It is important to the overall meaning and total effect of the poem. 2. When two consecutive lines (one after the other) rhyme and are the same length 1) Repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, or lines 2) The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words 3) The repetition of same or similar vowel sounds at the end of words 4) A pattern of beats, made by stressed and unstressed syllables; rhythm matches meaning 5) The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes