Here are the notes for Period 8
Effects of sound:
1. a soft, smooth, or gentle feeling -- alliteration of "liquid" or smoother consonants -- s, m, n, l, r, v, f, w, soft g and combinations like "th, wh"
example "and the velvet, violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er" from "The
Raven"
2. When poem needs more explosion or sharper or harsher effect, poets often use harder consonants such as b, d, t, g, p, k to create more cacophony
--"And drunk delight of battle with his peers" -- "Ulysses"
--"Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing
Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." --"The Raven"
3. long vowels are fuller and more resonant than short vowels. examples --fate is more melodic than fat; reed than red; coat
than cot, dune than dun.
--Read: “Stopping by the woods” 144/150 "Whose woods these are I think I know"
4. Some phonetic intensives by some degree connect words with meanings:
"fl" -- often associated with movement and/or light "flame, flicker, flight, flutter"
"gl" -- also light - glare, gleam, glow
"sl" -- smooth and or wet -- slippery, slick, slide
"st" -- suggests strength -- steady, stock, strong, steel
"sw" -- swoosh sound, soft movement --swallow, swish, swarm, swim
"ck" sudden sharp, short movement--peck, pick hack, flick
"long o or oo -- sad sound -- moon, gloom, doom, groan
5. Speed of line can be affected by sounds:
--long vowels take longer to pronounce
--some words are easier to run together so the line moves faster
--hard consonants ending one word and beginning another slow it down
--end consonants slow the line
f. i. "It's hardest hue to hold"
Post Response:
Work "Stopping by the Woods" for sound effects
Look again at "Dover Beach"; this time mark up any sound devices and comment on them in the margins.
Note placement of sounds to create tone and emphasize meaning. What do you discover about these poems? (This is the blog posting part)
