Assonance

Sound

Personification Symbol

metaphor

Simile

Aural imagery (Sound Devices)Alliteration

AssonanceOnomatopoeiaRhyme

Imagery

• Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds within neighboring words—sounds, not letters

Cat and hat, not cat and father

Fleet feet sweep by sleeping streets

Beans Means Heinz

He gave a nod to the officer with a pocket

Fleet feet sweep by sleeping streets

Beans Means Heinz

He gave a nod to the officer with a pocket

LOSE YOURSELF

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettinWhat he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loudHe opens his mouth, but the words won't come outHe's choking, how everybody's joking nowThe clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravityOh, there goes Rabbit, he chokedHe's so mad, but he won't give up thatEasy, noHe won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropesIt don't matter, he's dopeHe knows that, but he's brokeHe's so stagnant that he knowsWhen he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sBack to the lab again yoThis whole rhapsodyHe better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettinWhat he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loudHe opens his mouth, but the words won't come outHe's choking, how everybody's joking nowThe clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravityOh, there goes Rabbit, he chokedHe's so mad, but he won't give up thatEasy, noHe won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropesIt don't matter, he's dopeHe knows that, but he's brokeHe's so stagnant that he knowsWhen he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sBack to the lab again yoThis whole rhapsodyHe better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

The spider skins lie on their sides, translucent and ragged, their legs drying in knots.

-Annie Dillard

The spider skins lie on their sides, translucent and ragged, their legs drying in knots.

-Annie Dillard

Old age should burn and wave at closing of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the lightDo not go gentle into that good night

-Dylan Thomas

Old age should burn and wave at closing of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Do not go gentle into that good night

-Dylan Thomas

Those images that yetFresh images begetThat dolphin-torn, that gong-tormenting sea.

Byzanthium -W. B. Yeats

Those images that yetFresh images begetThat dolphin-torn, that gong-

tormenting sea.Byzanthium - W. B. Yeats

• Full fathom five thy father lies• William Shakespeare

• How now brown cow

• Do you like blue

• Hear the mellow wedding bells

Imagery

Personification

metaphor

Aural Imagery (Sound)

AlliterationAssonance

OnomatopoeiaRhyme

Simile

Symbol

Alliteration- the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Remember, not similar letters, similar sounds Example: not pig and phone

but dirty dog

Alliteration

While I nodded, nearly, napping, suddenly there came a tapping.

The Raven –Edgar Allan Poe

Safe and soundIt’s now or neverThe sweet smell of successSwing low sweet chariot

Safe and soundIt’s now or neverThe sweet smell of successSwing low sweet chariot

The tutor who tutored a flute

Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.

Said the two to their tutor,Is it harder to toot or To tutor two tooters to toot?

Wise Words Ward Off WrathWise words ward off wrath, whilst foolish words fuel the

fires of feud.Pleasant words are persuasive and pave the path for peaceHarsh words hurt and harbor hatred.Soft words sow soothing seeds.Unkind words kindle the fires of rage.Vulgar comments violate and vilify.Gossip strips and tears friendships apart.Insulting words instigate insurrection and infighting.Nagging negates, complicates and conflagrates:Zip your mouth when your mind is not in a Good gear.

Wise words ward off wrath, whilst foolish words fuel the fires of feud.

Pleasant words are persuasive and pave the path for peace

Harsh words hurt and harbor hatred.Soft words sow soothing seeds.Unkind words kindle the fires of rage.Vulgar comments violate and vilify.Gossip strips and tears friendships apart.Insulting words instigate insurrection and infighting.Nagging negates, complicates and conflagrates:Zip your mouth when your mind is not in a Good

gear.

Helplessly Hopingby Stephen Stills, Gold Hill

Helplessly hopingHer harlequin hovers nearbyAwaiting a wordGasping at glimpsesOf gentle true spiritHe runs, wishing he could flyOnly to trip at the sound of good-bye

Wordlessly watchingHe waits by the windowAnd wonders At the empty place insideHeartlessly helping himself to her bad dreamsHe worriesDid he hear a good-bye? Or even hello?

They are one personThey are two aloneThey are three togetherThey are for each other

Stand by the stairwayYou'll see somethingCertain to tell you confusion has its costLove isn't lyingIt's loose in a lady who lingersSaying she is lostAnd choking on hello

Helplessly hopingHer harlequin hovers nearbyAwaiting a wordGasping at glimpsesOf gentle true spiritHe runs, wishing he could flyOnly to trip at the sound of good-bye

Wordlessly watchingHe waits by the windowAnd wonders At the empty place insideHeartlessly helping himself to her bad dreamsHe worriesDid he hear a good-bye? Or even hello?

They are one personThey are two aloneThey are three togetherThey are for each other

Stand by the stairwayYou'll see somethingCertain to tell you confusion has its costLove isn't lyingIt's loose in a lady who lingersSaying she is lostAnd choking on hello

9. I strode down by the sea shore; The soft sensuous wind smothered my face.The ravaging waves rushed to my feet; The ocean’s oysters refused to open their mouth.In the distance I detect a dolphin; It jumped with joy then jetted away.Boats bobbed on the beautiful sea; Towels tainted the beach’s territory.Chairs crowded the coast line;People polluted the Pacific’s ocean.But soon, the sun slid into a sunset,Everyone retreated to the road and retrieved their cars The day at the beach has ended.

Your turn

Poem #9Write a poem that uses alliteration

or assonance.Must be between10-12 lines.Remember: you can use alliteration

and assonance to achieve a certain lyrical quality.

--Soft--Sensuous--Comical

Consonance- repetition of non-initial consonant sounds (shall and will)

Sometimes called “half-rhyme” ; focus on final consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds

• The beast climbed fast to the crest

• The beast climbed fast to the crest

• Sweet sweat

• Sweet sweat

Belike for want of rain, which I

could well beteem them from

the tempest of my eyes.

And then the whole quire hold their hips and loffe, and waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and swear amerrier hour was never wasted there.

And then the whole quire hold their hips and loffe, and waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and swear amerrier hour was never wasted there.

Poetry portfolio #10

• Ten Lovely Words• Write a list of ten of your favorite words.

Include words you like because of their meaning and words you like because of their sound.

• Use all of these words in a poem.