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"Sound and Sense" by Alexander Pope (Rhyme (Incomplete rhyme (…
"Sound and Sense" by Alexander Pope
Phonetical SD
Onomatopoeia
«But when loud surges lash the sounding shore
»- indirect onomatopoeia
«The sound must seem an echo to the sense»
-indirect onomatopoeia
« And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows»
- indirect onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Line 4:
The
S
ound must
s
eem an Eccho to the
S
ense.
Lines 5 and 6:
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,/ And the
sm
ooth
S
tream in
s
m
oother Numbers flows;
Lines 7 and 8:
But when loud
S
urges lash the
s
ounding
Sh
ore,/ The hoarse, rough Verse
sh
ou'd like the Torrent roar.
Rhyme
Incomplete rhyme
Consonant rhyme
But when
l
oud surges
l
ash the sounding shore
"Eye-rhyme"
The hoarse, r
ou
gh verse sh
ou
ld like...
Full rhymes
...from art, not
chance
,... who have learned to
dance
.;
...harshness gives
offense
,...an echo to the
sense
.
Perfect Rhyme
True ease in writing comes from art, not
chance
,
As those move easiest who have learned to
dance
.
… offense,
… sense:
… blows,
… flows;
… shore,
… roar;
… throw,
… slow;
… plain,
… main.
… surprise,
… rise!
Lexical SD
Allusions
Ajax, from Homer's Iliad (lines 9-10)
Camilla, from Virgil's Aeneid (lines 11-12)
Timotheus, a Greek poet (line 13)
Metaphor
Lines 5 and 6:
"Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows,
And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows,
"
We realize the verse should be smooth, the smooth numbers of syllables in a line of verse. This metaphor really shows the difference between nature and the art of writing.
Lines 9 and 10:
"When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,
The line too labors, and the words move slow;"
The poem is compared with the nature
Simile
Lines 1 and 2:
"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learned to dance."
The author used simile to compare art of writing to the art of dancing
Lines 7 and 8:
"But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,
The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar;"
The author use a simile to compare the ocean to the sound of poetry.
Metre
Iambic pentameter
'Tis n
ot
en
oug
h no
hars
hness
gi
ves of
fen
se,
The s
ou
nd must s
ee
m an
ec
ho
to
the
sen
se
Heroic Couplets
True ease in writing comes from art, not
chance
,
As those move easiest who have learned to
dance
.
'Tis not enough no harshness gives
offense
,
The sound must seem an echo to the
sense:
Rhythm