{"id":130,"date":"2020-03-24T04:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hccfl.edu\/creativewriting\/chapter\/lesson-13-sound-and-rhythm-in-poetry\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:34:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:34:02","slug":"lesson-13-sound-and-rhythm-in-poetry","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hccfl.edu\/creativewriting\/chapter\/lesson-13-sound-and-rhythm-in-poetry\/","title":{"raw":"Lesson 13: Sound and Rhythm in Poetry","rendered":"Lesson 13: Sound and Rhythm in Poetry"},"content":{"raw":"Musicality of Poems<\/strong>\n\nPoems have a musicality to them. They are meant to be read aloud to hear the sound, the rhythm, and sometimes the rhyme. How do poets create sound and rhythm in their poems? Through several literary devices.\n\nAssonance <\/strong>\n\nAssonance is the repetition of the same vowel sound in words near each other.\n\nConsonance <\/strong>\n\nConsonance is the repetition of the same consonant sounds in words near each other\n\nAlliteration<\/strong>\n\nAlliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other.\n\nOnomatopoeia<\/strong>\n\nOnomatopoeia means a word resembles the meaning sound it represents.\n\nRhyme<\/strong>\n\nRhyme requires two or more words that repeat the same sounds.. They are often spelled in a similar way, but they don't have to be spelled in similar ways. Rhyme can occur at the end of a line, called end rhyme, or it can occur in the middle of the line, called internal rhyme.\n\nRhythm<\/strong>\n\nRhythm, of course, is the beat\u2013the stressed syllables in a poem. Poets have a variety of possibilities for building that rhythm and ending lines.\n\nMeter<\/strong>\n\nMeter is the countable beat that a poet or reader can count. The rhythm will have equal intervals. Count the beat in William Blake's poem \"The Lamb.\"\n

The Lamb\n<\/strong>Author<\/strong>: William Blake\n\u00a91789<\/p>\n

Little Lamb, who made thee?\nDost thou know who made thee?\nGave thee life & bid thee feed\nBy the stream & o\u2019er the mead;\nGave thee clothing of delight,\nSoftest clothing, wooly, bright;\nGave thee such a tender voice,\nMaking all the vales rejoice?\nLittle Lamb, who made thee?\nDost thou know who made thee?<\/p>\n

Little Lamb, I\u2019ll tell thee,\nLittle Lamb, I\u2019ll tell thee:\nHe is call\u00e8d by thy name,\nFor he calls himself a Lamb.\nHe is meek, & he is mild;\nHe became a little child.\nI a child, & thou a lamb,\nWe are call\u00e8d by his name.\nLittle Lamb, God bless thee!\nLittle Lamb, God bless thee!<\/p>\nAlso, look for alliteration, assonance, consonance, and end-rhyme.\n\nCaesuras<\/strong>\n\nCaesuras are a break, pause, or interruption in the line.\n\nEnd-Stopped Line<\/strong>\n\nAn end-stopped line occurs like natural speech; it ends at the end of a line.\n\nEnjambment <\/strong>\n\nEnjambment, the opposite of the end-stopped line, does not pause at the end of a line. It continues on without a pause into the next line. For example, poets may break between the subject and a verb, an article and a noun, or between a helping verb and an action verb. In the poem \"Endymion,\" John Keats uses enjambment. Read this excerpt\u2013the first five lines:\n

Endymion\n<\/strong>Author<\/strong>: John Keats\n\u00a91817<\/p>\n

A thing of beauty is a joy forever:\nIts loveliness increases; it will never\nPass into nothingness; but still will keep\nA bower quiet for us, and a sleep\nFull of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.<\/p>\n \n\n ","rendered":"

Musicality of Poems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poems have a musicality to them. They are meant to be read aloud to hear the sound, the rhythm, and sometimes the rhyme. How do poets create sound and rhythm in their poems? Through several literary devices.<\/p>\n

Assonance <\/strong><\/p>\n

Assonance is the repetition of the same vowel sound in words near each other.<\/p>\n

Consonance <\/strong><\/p>\n

Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant sounds in words near each other<\/p>\n

Alliteration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other.<\/p>\n

Onomatopoeia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Onomatopoeia means a word resembles the meaning sound it represents.<\/p>\n

Rhyme<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhyme requires two or more words that repeat the same sounds.. They are often spelled in a similar way, but they don’t have to be spelled in similar ways. Rhyme can occur at the end of a line, called end rhyme, or it can occur in the middle of the line, called internal rhyme.<\/p>\n

Rhythm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhythm, of course, is the beat\u2013the stressed syllables in a poem. Poets have a variety of possibilities for building that rhythm and ending lines.<\/p>\n

Meter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meter is the countable beat that a poet or reader can count. The rhythm will have equal intervals. Count the beat in William Blake’s poem “The Lamb.”<\/p>\n

The Lamb
\n<\/strong>Author<\/strong>: William Blake
\n\u00a91789<\/p>\n

Little Lamb, who made thee?
\nDost thou know who made thee?
\nGave thee life & bid thee feed
\nBy the stream & o\u2019er the mead;
\nGave thee clothing of delight,
\nSoftest clothing, wooly, bright;
\nGave thee such a tender voice,
\nMaking all the vales rejoice?
\nLittle Lamb, who made thee?
\nDost thou know who made thee?<\/p>\n

Little Lamb, I\u2019ll tell thee,
\nLittle Lamb, I\u2019ll tell thee:
\nHe is call\u00e8d by thy name,
\nFor he calls himself a Lamb.
\nHe is meek, & he is mild;
\nHe became a little child.
\nI a child, & thou a lamb,
\nWe are call\u00e8d by his name.
\nLittle Lamb, God bless thee!
\nLittle Lamb, God bless thee!<\/p>\n

Also, look for alliteration, assonance, consonance, and end-rhyme.<\/p>\n

Caesuras<\/strong><\/p>\n

Caesuras are a break, pause, or interruption in the line.<\/p>\n

End-Stopped Line<\/strong><\/p>\n

An end-stopped line occurs like natural speech; it ends at the end of a line.<\/p>\n

Enjambment <\/strong><\/p>\n

Enjambment, the opposite of the end-stopped line, does not pause at the end of a line. It continues on without a pause into the next line. For example, poets may break between the subject and a verb, an article and a noun, or between a helping verb and an action verb. In the poem “Endymion,” John Keats uses enjambment. Read this excerpt\u2013the first five lines:<\/p>\n

Endymion
\n<\/strong>Author<\/strong>: John Keats
\n\u00a91817<\/p>\n

A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
\nIts loveliness increases; it will never
\nPass into nothingness; but still will keep
\nA bower quiet for us, and a sleep
\nFull of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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