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SPECIAL QUALITIESSPECIAL QUALITIES
STRUCTURAL DEVICESSTRUCTURAL DEVICES
SOUND DEVICESSOUND DEVICES
SENSE DEVICESENSE DEVICE
STRUCTURAL DEVICESSTRUCTURAL DEVICES
IllustrationIllustration
a vivid picture by which a poet may a vivid picture by which a poet may
make an idea clearmake an idea clear RepetitionRepetition
aiming at special musical effectsaiming at special musical effects
a poet wants us to pay attention to somethinga poet wants us to pay attention to something ContrastContrast
two completetly opposite pictures side by sidetwo completetly opposite pictures side by side
RepetitionRepetition (examples) (examples)
Water, water everywhere,Water, water everywhere,And all the boards did shrink;And all the boards did shrink;Water, water everywhere, Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.Nor any drop to drink.
Day after day, day after day, Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion.We stuck, nor breath nor motion.
Thee for my recitative,Thee for my recitative,Thee in the driving storm …Thee in the driving storm …Thee in thy panoply, …Thee in thy panoply, …. . .. . .Thy black cylindric body …Thy black cylindric body …Thy . . . .Thy . . . .
SOUND DEVICESSOUND DEVICES
AlliterationAlliteration: the repetition of the same sound at frequent : the repetition of the same sound at frequent intervalsintervals
The The ffair air bbreeze reeze bblew, the white lew, the white ffoam oam fflewlew The The ffurrow urrow ffollowed ollowed ffreeree
DDay ay aafter fter dday, ay, dday ay aafter fter ddayay
Dirty British Dirty British ccoaster with a oaster with a ssalt-alt-ccaked aked ssmoke-moke-sstacktack
. . . . . . bboundless and oundless and bbareare
The The llone and one and llevel evel ssands ands sstretch far away tretch far away
OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia: occurs in words which : occurs in words which
imitate sounds and thus suggest imitate sounds and thus suggest
the object describedthe object described
cuckoo buzz crash tick-tackcuckoo buzz crash tick-tack
hum swish jangle z .. z .. z ..hum swish jangle z .. z .. z ..
AssonanceAssonance: occurs when a poet : occurs when a poet
introduces imperfect rhymesintroduces imperfect rhymes
wrewreckck – ro – rockck gri grindnd – grou – groundnd h hoole – rle – roaoadd
spspeakeak – br – breakeak l liife – mfe – miile hle holeole – b – bowlowl
Buffalo Bill’s (e. e. cummings))Buffalo Bill’s (e. e. cummings))
Buffalow Bill’sBuffalow Bill’s
DefunctDefunct
who used towho used to
ride a watersmooth-silverride a watersmooth-silver
stallionstallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethatand break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
JesusJesus
he was a handsome manhe was a handsome man
and what I want to know isand what I want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boyhow do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister DeathMister Death
Siesta of a Hungarian SnakeSiesta of a Hungarian Snake(Edwin Morgan)(Edwin Morgan)
S sz sz SZ sz SZ sz Zs zs Zs zs zs zS sz sz SZ sz SZ sz Zs zs Zs zs zs z
RhymeRhyme: occurs at line endings in poetry and : occurs at line endings in poetry and consists of words which have the same sound.consists of words which have the same sound.
bbee – s – seaea c comeome – d – dumbumb f firstirst – b – bursturst
nnightight – s – sightight f failail – h – hailail b blewlew - f - flewlew
RhythmRhythm: :
- any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound- any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound
- related to the beat of our heart- related to the beat of our heart
the pulse of our bloodthe pulse of our blood
the intake and outflow of air the intake and outflow of air
from lungsfrom lungs
‣ ‣ Meter: is the kind of rhythm we can tap Meter: is the kind of rhythm we can tap our foot to.our foot to.
‣ ‣ Meter measureMeter measure
‣ ‣ The basic metrical unit : footThe basic metrical unit : foot
‣ ‣ Verse metrical languageVerse metrical language
‣ ‣ Prose non-metrical languageProse non-metrical language
‣ ‣ The other tool to measure verse : lineThe other tool to measure verse : line
(sometimes) : stanza(sometimes) : stanza
The basic kind of feet The basic kind of feet
Example Name of foot Name of meterExample Name of foot Name of meter
to-to-dayday iamb iambic iamb iambic
daidai-ly trochee trochaic-ly trochee trochaic
in-ter-in-ter-venevene anapest anapestic anapest anapestic
yesyes-ter-day dactyl dactylic-ter-day dactyl dactylic
dayday--breakbreak spondee spondaic spondee spondaic
day monosyllabic day monosyllabic
The customary names for line lengths are:The customary names for line lengths are:
monometermonometer one footone foot
dimeterdimeter two feettwo feet
trimetertrimeter three feetthree feet
tetrametertetrameter four feetfour feet
pentameterpentameter five feetfive feet
hexameterhexameter six feetsix feet
heptameterheptameter seven feetseven feet
octameteroctameter eight feeteight feet