Interpretation Of Poetic Sound
Understanding the Speaker's Voice:
Through Interpretation of Poetic Sound
Classical, Early European, Eastern and Modern poetry share structural similarities in their use of rhythm, meter and rhyme; however, sound plays a more subtle role for purposes of interpretation. Poets combine structured rhythmic patterns and the formal arrangement of words with devices such as alliteration to create images in the reader's mind. Two contrasting poems written by William Blake titled "The Lamb" from Songs of Innocence (1789) and "The Tyger" from Songs of Experience (1794), effectively illustrate how the fundamental use of poetic structure, selective alliteration and imagery, accentuates the underlying sounds of a poem; thereby, enabling the reader to better understand the voice or tone being portrayed by the speaker.
In Blake's opening lines of "The Lamb," the speaker sets the initial tone for the conversation that takes place between the child and the gentle creature; "Little Lamb, who......
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