Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a
poem that is replete with sound devices.
ALLITERATION - The
repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
Here are some examples by numbered stanzas:
1. weary way ,
2. solemn stillness 3. The moping owl does to the
moon complain 5. The swallow
twittering from the straw-built shed
6. the blazing hearth shall
burn, Or climb his knees the
envied kiss to share. 8. The short and simple annals 9.the
pomp of power 10. their tomb no trophies 12. the living lyre 14. born to blush 17.
their crimes confined 20. shapeless sculpture 22. longing lingering look 25. Haply
some hoary-headed swain 26. listless length; brook that babbles by 27. woeful-wan;
Or crazed with care, or crossed
ONOMATOPEIA - The use of a
word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. Here are examples marked by
stanza:
1. The plowman homeward
plods
2. the beetle wheels his
droning flight
And
drowsy tinklings
5. The
swallow twittering
10. The
pealing anthem
26. the brook
that babbles
COSONANCE - The
repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables or
important words. Here are examples marked by stanza:
1.
tolls the knell
5.
...shrill...shall
16.
listening...smiling...
17. Forbade to
wade
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