Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Sound and Sense - Pg 234 Exercise

1. The second section is better because of it's use of meter. The first section does not flow as well as the second lines, which contains more syllables and therefore a more euphonious meter.

2. The second section is better than the first due to the second's use of onomatopoeia  The second section uses "crabbed" in place of "rough"; crabbed is an onomatopoeia and better attributes sense and meaning to the line than "rough".

3. The second section is better than the first due to it's use of consonance and onomatopoeia. The words "out-cast crows croak" utilizes the 'c' sound to create a more euphonious line than the first section. Also, the word "snow", from the first section is replaced with the much more descriptive "whiteness", an onomatopoeia.

4. The use of consonance in part b better attributes sense to the lines. The repetition of 'l' and 't' sounds create euphony.

5. Part b utilizes multiple onomatopoeia, assonance  and consonance to create a greater sense. The assonance and consonance allow the line to flow much smoother while the onomatopoeias evoke sensation.

6. The second section is more successfully adapted than the first because it utilizes onomatopoeia in replacing "sings" with "warbles".

7. The use of phonetic intensives in part b emphasizes the meaning of each word and better attributes sound to sense than the first section. The short words also flow much better and created meter.

8. By replacing "sisters" with the word "twins" in part b, consonance, in the form of repeating 't' sounds, is developed which makes the lines much more euphonious.

9. Part b better utilizes meter than part a and also uses assonance of the 'o' sound (by replacing "cross" from part a, with "o'er") to develop euphony.

10. The second section uses both onomatopoeia (in switching "chastise" with "flap") and assonance of the 'i' sound in the second line to better adapt sound to sense.

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