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Visual & Aural Poetic Devices Imagery—figurative language to represent/illustrate objects, actions and ideas so as to appeal to our physical senses “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (Romeo) Allusion—brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance “Is there a Goliath in your life? Does he stand squarely between you and your desired happiness? Your Goliath may not carry a sword or hurl a verbal challenge of insult that all may hear and force you to decision. He may not be ten feet tall, but he likely will appear equally as formidable, and his silent challenge may shame and embarrass.” (Pres. Monson) Symbol—an object/action/event/ word representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” (Shakespeare) Stage = world Players = us Parts = roles Tone—conveyed attitude (formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, etc.) “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” (Frost) Sound Cacophony—repetition of harsh consonants (d, f, g, k, p, t) = discordant effect Gulliver’s Travels: “And being no stranger to the art of war, I gave him a description of cannons, muskets, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, seafights . . .” Euphony—repetition of soft consonants (h, l, m, r, s, y) = calm, pleasant effect “Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro’ the lawn, The moan of doves is immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumberable bees.” (Tennyson) Macbeth: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more.” Alliteration—generally, the repetition of similar sounds American Apparel, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Chuckee Cheese’s, CocaCola, Dunkin’ Donuts, Krispy Kreme, PayPal The rain rain rain came down down down In rushing, rising riv’lets, ‘Til the river crept out of it’s bed And crept right into Piglet’s!

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Visual  &  Aural  Poetic  Devices    Imagery—figurative  language  to  represent/illustrate  objects,  actions  and  ideas  so  as  to  appeal  to  our  physical  senses  

“O,  she  doth  teach  the  torches  to  burn  bright!”  (Romeo)    

Allusion—brief  and  indirect  reference  to  a  person,  place,  thing  or  idea  of  historical,  cultural,  literary  or  political  significance  

“Is  there  a  Goliath  in  your  life?    Does  he  stand  squarely  between  you  and  your  desired  happiness?    Your  Goliath  may  not  carry  a  sword  or  hurl  a  verbal  challenge  of  insult  that  all  may  hear  and  force  you  to  decision.    He  may  not  be  ten  feet  tall,  but  he  likely  will  appear  equally  as  formidable,  and  his  silent  challenge  may  shame  and  embarrass.”    (Pres.  Monson)  

Symbol—an  object/action/event/  word  representing  another  to  give  it  an  entirely  different  meaning  that  is  much  deeper  and  more  significant.  

“All  the  world’s  a  stage,    And  all  the  men  and  women  merely  players;    they  have  their  exits  and  their  entrances;    And  one  man  in  his  time  plays  many  parts.”  (Shakespeare)    Stage  =  world  Players  =  us  Parts  =  roles  

Tone—conveyed  attitude  (formal,  informal,  serious,  comic,  sarcastic,  etc.)  

“I  shall  be  telling  this  with  a  sigh  Somewhere  ages  and  ages  hence:  Two  roads  diverged  in  a  wood,  and  I,  I  took  the  one  less  traveled  by,  And  that  has  made  all  the  difference.”  (Frost)  

Sound        Cacophony—repetition          of  harsh  consonants        (d,  f,  g,  k,  p,  t)  =            discordant  effect  

Gulliver’s  Travels:  “And  being  no  stranger  to  the  art  of  war,  I  gave  him  a  description  of  cannons,  muskets,  pistols,  bullets,  powder,  swords,  bayonets,  battles,  sieges,  retreats,  attacks,  undermines,  countermines,  bombardments,  sea-­‐fights  .  .  .”  

   Euphony—repetition  of        soft  consonants        (h,  l,  m,  r,  s,  y)  =  calm,        pleasant  effect        

“Myriads  of  rivulets  hurrying  thro’  the  lawn,    The  moan  of  doves  is  immemorial  elms,    And  murmuring  of  innumberable  bees.”  (Tennyson)    Macbeth:  “Life’s  but  a  walking  shadow,  a  poor  player  /  That  struts  and  frets  his  hour  upon  the  stage  /  And  then  is  heard  no  more.”

   Alliteration—generally,            the  repetition  of  similar        sounds  

American  Apparel,  Bed  Bath  &  Beyond,  Best  Buy,  Chuckee  Cheese’s,  Coca-­‐Cola,  Dunkin’  Donuts,  Krispy  Kreme,  PayPal      The  rain  rain  rain  came  down  down  down        In  rushing,  rising  riv’lets,  ‘Til  the  river  crept  out  of  it’s  bed  And  crept  right  into  Piglet’s!  

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“The  fair  breeze  blew,  the  white  foam  flew,      The  furrow  followed  free;      We  were  the  first  that  ever  burst      Into  that  silent  sea.”  (“Mariner”)  

   Assonance—repetition        of  vowel  sounds  

The  light  that  lies  in  women’s  eyes  (Moore)    Her  goodly  eyes  like  sapphires  shining  bright  /  Her  forehead  ivory  white  (Spenser)    “Poetry  is  old,  ancient,  goes  back  far.    It  is  among  the  oldest  of  living  things.  So  old  it  is  that  no  man  knows  how  and  why  the  first  poems  came.”  (Sandburg)    A  host,  of  golden  daffodils;  Beside  the  lake,  beneath  the  trees,  Fluttering  and  dancing  in  the  breeze  .  .  .”  (Wordsworth}

Onomatopoeia—use  of  words  whose  sound  echoes  the  sense  

�  Rice  Krispies  “snap,  crackle,  pop.”  �  Alka-­‐Seltzer’s  “Plop,  plop,  fizz,  fizz.  Oh,  what  a  relief  it  is!    

     Like  a  drummer’s  brush  the  rain  hushes  the  surface  of  the  tin  porches  __________  Eskimos  in  Manitoba,      Barracuda  off  Aruba,  Cock  an  ear  when  Roger  Bobo      Starts  to  solo  on  the  tuba.  Men  of  every  station—Pooh-­‐Bah,      Nabob,  bozo,  toff,  and  hobo—  Cry  in  unison,  “Indubi-­‐      Tably,  there  is  simply  nobo-­‐  Dy  who  oompahs  on  the  tubo,      Solo,  quite  like  Roger  Bubo!”  (Updike)   http://www.cc.com/video-­‐clips/7qu9ir/stand-­‐up-­‐brian-­‐regan-­‐-­‐animal-­‐soundss  

Rhyme—2+  words/  phrases  with  identical  or  similar  sounds.  

Good  friend  for  Jesus’  sake  forbear  To  dig  the  dust  enclosed  here.    

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                   Slant/Near/Eye  Rhyme  

Blessed  be  the  man  that  spares  these  stones  And  cursed  be  he  that  moves  my  bones    

   He  who  the  ox  to  wrath  has  moved  Shall  never  be  by  woman  loved