What’s onomatopoeia’s role in poetry?

Onomatopoeia in poetry creates musicality and reinforces the theme. It approximates meaning through sound, used with other techniques to produce music through words alone. Examples include Edgar Allen Poe’s The Bells and Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth, which use onomatopoeia to create rhythmic cadences and themes. The choice of onomatopoeia can be lyrical or […]

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