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Musical Devices

Musical Devices. Poetry obviously makes greater use of the “music” of language than language that is not poetry. The poet chooses words for sound as well as for meaning, and uses the sounds as a means of reinforcing meaning. Repetition of Sound.

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Musical Devices

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  1. Musical Devices

  2. Poetry obviously makes greater use of the “music” of language than language that is not poetry. The poet chooses words for sound as well as for meaning, and uses the sounds as a means of reinforcing meaning.

  3. Repetition of Sound Poets may repeat any unit of sound from the smallest to the largest. They may repeat individual vowel and consonant sounds, whole syllables, words, phrases, lines or groups of lines. There are 3 main types of repetitions: alliteration, consonance, and assonance

  4. Alliteration • The repetition of initial consonant sounds like “tried and true,” “fish or fowl,” and “rhyme or reason.”

  5. Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the voxpopuli, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [carves V into poster on wall] The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. [giggles] Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V. --V for Vendetta

  6. Consonance The repetition of the final consonant sound like “first and last,” “short and sweet,” or “a stroke of luck.” “I was so wrong for so long” --”Whatcha Say” by Jason Derulo

  7. Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds, as seen in “mad as a hatter” or “free and easy.” “Timbs for my hooligans in BrooklynDead right, if they head right, Biggie there every nightPoppa been smooth since days of UnderroosNever lose, never choose to, bruise crews whodo something to us, talk go through us” --”Hypnotize” by Notorious B.I.G.

  8. Types of Rhyme Rhyme is the repetition of the accented vowel sounds and any succeeding consonant sounds.

  9. Masculine Rhyme AKA perfect rhyme, a rhyme occurring in words of one syllable or in an accented final syllable, such as light and sight or arise and surprise. “They call it KFC, cause it’s not really chickenHot cheetos for breakfast make a young student sickenDid you ever think someone’s tricking you?” -”Non Dairy Creamer” by Third Eye Blind

  10. Feminine Rhyme When the rhyme sounds involve two or more syllables, as in dining and shining or motion and ocean. “You're an ocean, you're an oceanSettle down, settle down what's the commotionI'm an island, but you're an oceanIt's a stormy sea of love and emotionYou've got me suspended motionless in time” - “You’re an Ocean” by Fastball

  11. Internal Rhyme AKA middle rhyme, a rhyme occurring within the line. “I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers.” “I think it's time to kill for our womenTime to heal our women, be real to our womenAnd if we don't we'll have a race of babiesThat will hate the ladies, that make the babies” - “Keep Ya Head Up” by Tupac

  12. End Rhyme A rhyme occurring when one or more rhyming words are at the ends of lines. “No sir, well I don't wanna be the blame, not anymore.It's your turn, so take a seat we're settling the final score.” - “That’s What You Get” by Paramore *** Although end rhyme is most frequently used and most consciously sought in poetry, internal rhyme has the same anchoring effect. It is, however, a bit more subtle. ***

  13. Approximate Rhyme • AKA slant rhyme, a rhyme in which the sounds are similar, but not exact, as in comb and coat or rule and room. This includes words with any kind of sound similarity, from close to remote, at the ends of lines. “It's happening soonIt's happening soonIt's scent has been blowing in my direction” (pronounced “direct-SHOON” by singer) -- “Filip” by Muse Under the heading of approximate rhyme, we can include alliteration, consonance, and assonance when they are used at the ends of lines.

  14. Lastly, another type of “musical” device is called onomatopoeia, when a word’s sound or pronunciation implies its meaning. Examples: buzzzzz, whack, pow, wheeeeeeee, slurp. “Tick tock, you're not a clockYou're a time bomb baby” - “Time Bomb” by The Format

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