Phonetic and Graphical stylistic means
Alliteration is the repetition of the same (or similar sounds or sound clusters, usually consonants, of stressed syllables in neighboring words or at short intervals withina line or passage, usually at word beginnings.
Wind whines and whines the shingle,
The crazy pier stakes groan;
A senile sea number seach single
Slime silvered stone
(James Joyce "On the beach of Fontana")
Assonance is the repetition of similar vowelsounds! usually close together, to achieve a particular effect of euphony.
We real cool! We
left school! We
lurk late! We
Strike straight! We
Sing sin! We
Thin gin! We
Jazz June! We
Die soon!
Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool”
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
“He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sounds the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing oraction by a vocal imitation of the soundassociated with it (such as buzz, hiss, zoom,whiz, crash, ding-dong).
Siesta of a Hungarian Snake Edwin Morgan
S sz sz SZ sz SZ sz ZS zs ZS zs zs z
Hyphenation
" Where is Unga? Who is Unga?”
" She - is -in - the -snow ."
“Go on!" The Kid was pressing his wrist cruelly!
" So - I - would - be - in - the - snow - but – I - had – a -debt - to
– pay, It- was – heavy - I – had-a - debt – to – pay - a - debt – to
– pay – I - had -” . The faltering monosyllables ceased, as he
fumbled in his pouch and drew forth a buckskin sack
Italics
Poirot was shaken; shaken and embittered. Miss Lemon! the efficient miss Lemon, had let him down!A Pekinese dog! A Pekinese dog!
Capitalisation
since feeling is first
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;...
...
we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph
And death i think is no paranthesis
e.e.cummings
