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Schooling Online
English Essentials – Perfecting Poetry – How Soundscape is used to Convey Meaning in Poetry (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Ever wondered why some poems flow smoothly, while others sound harsh and dissonant? It’s time to examine the soundscape of poetry.
In this second lesson, we’ll delve into how poets create euphony and cacophony through a range of...
In this second lesson, we’ll delve into how poets create euphony and cacophony through a range of...
Curated Video
Exploring the Power of Sound in Poetry
This video explores how poets use various sound devices, such as alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and rhyme, to enhance the auditory experience of a poem. By connecting sound to imagery, poets create vivid and...
Oxford Comma
Poetic Devices Explained: ALLITERATION (Definitions, Examples, and How to Use Them).
The second video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at repetition at the start of words: alliteration.
By using examples from famous poets as well as the breakfast aisle, we'll look at how to identify...
By using examples from famous poets as well as the breakfast aisle, we'll look at how to identify...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Perfecting Poetry - Sensory Imagery and Sound Devices (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
Let’s dive deeper into the world of poetry. In this second lesson, we’ll explore poetry with all five senses. Discover how poets use sound devices, sensory imagery, figurative language and much more! Soon, you’ll have all the tools you...
Cerebellum
The Elements Of Poetry - Figurative Language
The Elements of Poetry - Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor . These are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry. Other elements illustrated in the program include:...
Curated Video
Poetic Sounds
A video entitled “Poetic Sounds” which explores sound devices used in poetry, highlighting examples from several works by Edgar Allan Poe.
Curated Video
Sound Elements
This video, entitled "Sound Elements," explains various sound devices used in poetry.
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Acorn, Conker and Key | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Acorn, Conker and Key | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen From Centrally Heated Knickers Published by Puffin Review This is a collection/anthology of poems about science and...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Introduction Song | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Introduction Song | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen from ‘Even My Ears Are Smiling’ (Bloomsbury). Going to use my feet today Don’t know who I’ll meet today Going to keep the beat today Going to use my feet today Going...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Attacked By A Banana | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?
What is Bloomsday? Why would thousands travel to Dublin on this day to visit sites depicted in a novel that is ridiculously hard to read? Why even bother with reading such a book? Find out by viewing a short video that suggests the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sound of Language: Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia
This video [6:21] will teach you all about the different ways you can use the sound of words for effect. Alliteration is when you use a bunch of similar consonants in a row; assonance is when you use a bunch of similar vowel sounds in a...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand How Repetition, Rhyme, and Alliteration Can Impact Poem
In this video, you will learn how poets use sound to influence emotion by finding repetition, rhyme, and alliteration and examining the feelings created. [6:03]