Sound in Poetry
Poems usually begin with words or phrase which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem. Every poem has a texture of sound, which is at least as important as the meaning behind the poem. Rhythm, being the regular recurrence of sound, is at the heart of all natural phenomena: the beating of a heart, the lapping of waves against the shore, the croaking of frogs on a summer’s night, the whisper of wheat swaying in the wind. Rhythm and sound and arrangement –the formal properties of words—allow the poet to get beyond, or beneath the surface of a poem. Both Gwendolyn Brooks’ “Sadie and Maud” (799) and Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (784) emphasize poetic sound to express their themes. Used to enhance sound in a poem, alliteration is the repetition of sound in consecutive or neighboring words, usually at the beginning of words. Both Brooks and Bradstreet make use of alliteration in their poems. “Sadie stayed at home. / Sadie scraped life…” (2-3) the repetition of s is evident in these two lines, reflecting the sassiness and independence that Sadie possessed. “Then while we li
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Approximate Word count = 1068
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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