sound devices in poetry

Sound Devices in Poetry

Give a rhythmic quality to writing Emphasize key sounds, ideas, words, or images

6 Sound Devices

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Repetition

Internal rhyme

Onomatopoeia

Examples of AlliterationLindsay lollygagged leisurely by the lake.

Ryan ranted about his repulsion for repetition.

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Examples of Assonance

Pugsley utterly pummels thugs.

Nick has a bit of a stick in his pithy wrist.

Janeen screamed when she heard

feet creeping in the street.

Repetition of vowel sounds

Examples of Consonance

Nate gets testy when classmates utter sounds during test time.

Nelson gets restless and rustles through papers before Easter recess.

Repetition of consonant sound within words

Examples of Repetition

Poor Jenna keeps coughing, coughing, coughing all day long.

We must fight! I repeat it, Sir. We must fight!

Repetition of a word or phrase

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Examples of Internal Rhyme

Rachel has a flair for changing her hair.

Andrew can’t wait for his Saturday date.

Rhyming within same line (middle and end words)

Examples of Onomatopoeia

The cows mooed, the ducks quacked and the mouse squealed.

Trey shushed the class when he couldn’t hear the teacher.

Abby stomped her foot when she saw the assignment.

A word that mimics the sound it describes