After Apple-Picking - Sound Devices Flashcards
1
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main concept
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- sound devices is a poetic element that writers use to bring their poetry to life and better convey their message
2
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poetic devices used by Robert Frost in his “After Apple-Picking”
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- structure: free-verse with no set meter or rhyme scheme. Frost does use rhyme, but not a set rhyme scheme
- note also that Frost capitalizes the first word of each line, but lines are of different lengths; they tend to follow the flow or informal conversation rather than a set meter
- sound devices: note the assonance and consonance
- imagery: words create a picture or feeling of the experience and of the author’s insights
3
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in what line does Frost use onomatopoeia in his poem “After Apple-Picking?”
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- line 25-6: the rumbling sound / Of load on load of apples coming in
4
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which lines from Frosts “After Apple-Picking?” are a good example of enjambment
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- for I have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great harvest i myself desired
5
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in which line of “After Apple-picking” does frost use the sound device of alliteration
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- but i was well / Upon my was to sleep before it fell
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in what line does Frost use onomatopoeia in his poem “After Apple-Picking?”
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- line 13: it melted, and I let if fall and break
7
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which lines from Frosts “After Apple-Picking?” are a good example of enjambment
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- But i was well / Upon my way to sleep before it fell
