PHONIC (S) SOUND PATTERN: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN POETRY
Keywords:
Stylistics/literary devices, phonic sound pattern, images and word decoding.Abstract
With regards to duration, one must also recognize the contribution that vowel length and sound duration in general have to make to the speed of articulation of poetry. Phonic Sound devices are resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning of poetry through the skillful use of sound. Poets tried to use a concentrated blend of sound and images to create an emotional response to sound pattern. Language(s) fulfills different functions to meet various needs. The individual style of writing poems is marked by its uniqueness. It can be unique or recognized by its specific or peculiar way of combination of language media, figures of speech, stylistic devices, and phonic sound pattern in which their interaction present a certain movement in the sound system (images). Apart from the preliminary study of poetry/images in sound system, this paper also looks at different types of stylistics writing in poetry. We used images in most of the discussions here and we have not left some terms used in this study undefined. The paper conclude that Sounds Pattern in English (SPE) cannot be only used phonologically and phonetically but also can be used in sound pattern in poetry. This study will be of help both for the trainer and trainee, in such a way that both of them will know that poetry does not only stop in writing system but has to do with words decoding and images.References
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