- arrangement of sounds and accents
- pronunciation of the words can lend to the musical aspect of the poem depending on the way the reader articulates.
- "The Turtle"
- The first line of the poem uses an accent on the word "'twixt" which is a play on the word "between." The accent is used in order to maintain a rhythm and pattern in the poem as it is read.
- Rhyme scheme: makes the poem sound like it is being sung, rather than read. The rhymes are simple and flow well just like music.
- alliteration, assonance, consonance
- The end rhyme in the poem is what makes it musical.
Chapter 12: Rhythm and Meter
- Rhythm refers to the recurrence of motion or sound.
- "natural rise and fall of language"
- Syllable which are stressed and unstressed are important when articulated because it can change the rhythm of the poem.
- Meter is the identifying characteristic of rhythmic language. "tapping feet to"
- Not all poems are metrical
- Poems that are metrical usually have an even spacing of stressed and unstressed syllables in order to achieve a rhythm throughout the poem.
- Poems with no meter do not have rhythm because there is no rule as to how the words should be read.
- The foot: basic unit of meter; one accented syllable and two or more unaccented syllables.
- Iamb, Trochee, Anapest, Dactyl, Spondee
Chapter 13: Sound and Meaning
- Enforce meaning and intensify communication, and is enjoyable when read.
- emphatic rhythm- emphatic rhymes: uses words with strong contrast between the short vowel and short vowel consonant- hot-pot
- phonetic intensives: words whose sound connects with their meaning
- "Eight O' Clock"
- steeple-people emphatic rhyme?
- town-down
- ABAB rhyme scheme
- "Sound and Sense" - title of book
- chance-dance musical words with musical meaning
- AABB rhyme scheme
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