9.1 The Sounds & Structure of Poetry

Question 1

lyric

Answer 1

a short poem of songlike quality

Question 2

literary device

Answer 2

Just because a poem doesn’t rhyme–does not mean that the poem doesn’t use sound to affect readers. There are many less obvious ways to use the music of words to get a point across. Read these two lines out loud and listen to the way they sound.

The two lines don’t rhyme, but there are sounds that are repeated several times. The sound of the letter “i” in wish occurs four times–in whistling, whiskers, wish, and live. And the “i” in wind is repeated at the end of the second line in again.

Question 3

rhythm

Answer 3

Steady repetition of sounds or movements to form a beat; She liked the rhythm of the song.

Question 4

rhyme

Answer 4

A short poem in which the last words of every line sound similar; She recited a children’s rhyme.