A Poetry Handbook - Pages 19-28 Notes

Sound

• We need sound - But Purposeful Sounds.
• "Not random sounds, but chosen sounds."
• Words that have different sounds have different feelings attached to them.
• There is an old theory that people don't use anymore called the "dingdong" theory.
• It is sort of like onomatopoeia but extends much further than what onomatopoeia does.
•  Vowels can be entirely pronounced without any other sound.
• Consonants need to have a vowel or another sound in order to be pronounced perfectly. 
• Consonants are divided into two categories 
• Semivowels
• A consonant that can be pronounced imperfectly  without the sound of a vowel
• The semivowels are f,h,j,l,m,n,r,s,v,w,x,y,z, and c soft, and g soft
• c,f,g,h,j,s, or x would be protracted only as an aspirate
• l,m,n, and r - are called liquids because of the fluency of the sound
• v,w,y, and z - are more vocal than the aspirates.
• Mutes
• A consonant that cannot be sounded at all without a vowel 
• The mutes are b,d,k,p,q,t, and c hard, and g hard
• k,g, and c hard - sound almost exactly alike
• B,d, and g hard stop the voiceless suddenly than the others
• Alphabet represents families of sounds rather than random sounds.
• Words don't only have a definition but a feeling to them and certain situations give the word different sounds.
• Phrases could have a connection between meaning, connotation, and the actual sound of the words.
• Looking at Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.
• Plays with the environment to affect the sound.
• Poets use words for their sounds equal to their meaning.
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