1. Alliteration 2. Assonance 3. Consonance 4. Onomatopoeia

Figures of Sound

Figures of sound Figures of sound

alliteration

consonance

assonance

onomatopoeia

AlliterationAlliteration: the repetition of the initial consonant cluster in stressed syllable. It is usually used to form a connection of similarity or a connection of contrast.What is meant by the initial consonant cluster? In English, a syllable consists of three parts: an initial consonant cluster, a vowel or diphthong and a final consonant cluster.

AlliterationThe initial consonant cluster is formed by 0, 1, 2, or 3 consonants. For example, the longest initial consonant cluster strong /str/, where there are three consonants.cvc cvc=alliteration last but not least now and never safe and soundspeech is silver, silence is golden.great and grand

alliterationWhen wine sinks, words swim. Wilful ()waste makes woeful want.Loves Labours Lost Pride and Prejudice

AlliterationIt was a splendid population for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home

It was that population that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences, the grave world smiles as usualhateful feeling;look down upon brave and enterprising spirit

AlliterationFreedom is not given free to any who ask, liberty is not born of the Gods. She is a child of the people, born in the very height and heat of battle. (F. Norris)

Only through hard and intense struggle can freedom and liberty be won.

Alliteration Cold are the crabsthat crawl on yonder hills, Colder the cucumbers that grow beneath (Edward Lear, Cold Are the Crabs)

as cool as a cucumber: cool and calm

AssonanceAssonance is the repetition of identical vowel or diphthong in stressed syllables. It is one of the important phonological features of literary texts. cvc cvc= e.g. (4) Think from how many trees Dead leaves are brought To earth on seed or wing (Vernon Watkins, The Compost Heap)

Assonancetrees, leaves and seedthe cycle of lifemusical quality of a literary textmeaning of a literary text

Consonance

Consonance is the repetition of the final consonant cluster in stressed syllables.cvc cvc= e.g.

ConsonanceLike one in danger, Cautious, I offered him a Crumb And he unrolled his feathersAnd rowed him softer home

Than Oars divide the Ocean.Too silver for a seamOr Butterflies, off Banks of NoonLeap, plashless as they swim.(Emily Dickinson, A Bird Came Down the Walk)

Consonance The consonance in this poem functions to make the text more organized and at the same time adds to the musical quality of the poem and reinforces the tone of the poem.

Consonance(6) Nothing lovelier than that lonely call, Bare and singular, like a gull, And three notes or four, then that was all. It drew up from the quiet like a well, Waited, sang, and vanishing, was still. (Jon Swan, In Her Song She Is Alone)

OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia is ambiguous and can be interpreted in several different ways. For our analysis, two interpretations are relevant. Firstly, it refers to the use of words formed in imitation of the natural sounds associated with the object or action involved. Secondly, the words which suggest natural sounds reinforce the meaning conveyed in the text unit.

OnomatopoeiaOne of the most picturesque and impressive part of the bazaar is the copper-smiths market. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.It grows louder and more distinct, until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes,.

OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia is referred to by Alexander Pope as a necessary part of a poets technique.

OnomatopoeiaI chatter over stony ways,In little sharps and trebles,I bubble into eddying bays,I babble on the pebbles. (Tennyson, The Brook)chatter sharps trebles bubble babble eddy [edi]

Chatterbubblebabble The description to the sound and motion of the brookRecurring sounds [l] 6 times and [b] 7 timesstream-like A stream came bubbling between the stones.

Pick out the figures of speech usedWherefore feed, and clothes, and save,From the cradle to the grave,Those ungrateful drones ()who wouldDrain() your sweat nay, drink your blood!P. B. Shelley: To The Men of England) metonymy Drone, drain and drinkalliteration metaphor exploiter

Spring Spring, the sweet spring, is the years pleasant king;Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing,Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! (Thomas Nashe, Spring)Each of the sounds is an imitation of the sound that a particular bird makes. They form a happy, harmonious chorus on the sweet spring.Cold doth not stingDoth: does Cuckoo: jug-jug: pu-we: to-witta-woo