Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia

Strictly speaking, the formation or use of words which imitate sounds, like whispering, clang and sizzle, but the term is generally expanded to refer to any word whose sound is suggestive of its meaning.

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The formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent (eg: cuckoo, boom, etc); derived from "making of words". Words imitating violence (eg: ...

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The use of words that sound like the subjects they signify.

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A term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes. Buzz, rattle, bang, and sizzle all reflect onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia can also consist of more than one ...

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The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. Words such as buzz and crack are onomatopoetic. The following line from Pope's "Sound and Sense" onomatopoetically imitates ...

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Language; Terminology

The putative imitation of a natural phenomenon (for instance bird song) by phonetic means. Contrary to the opinion of many speakers, onomatopoeia is not a major principle in ...

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The distinctive verse form of old germanic poetry, including old english.

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A poetic form in which two characters chant alternate lines, couplets, or stanzas, in competition or debate with one another.

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A metrical foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable, as in the word 'interrupt'.

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The Greek word for 'headless', applied to a metrical verse line that lacks the first syllable expected according to regular metre.

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A Greek verse form using a four-line stanza in which the first two lines have eleven syllables each, the third nine, and the fourth ten.

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