In poetry, what does "Onomatopeia" mean?

Answer 1

Onomatopeia is the formation of words by imitating sounds. Several books are very good to help children realize that all sounds can be recorded in the alphabetic system.
Sometimes the word names a thing or action by copying the sound. For example: Bong! Hiss! Buzz!

Poets often convey the meaning of a verse through its very sound. For example, in "Song of the Lotus-Eaters" Tennyson indicates the slow, sensuous, and langorous life of the Lotus-Eaters by the sound of the words he uses to describe the land in which they live:
Here are cool mosses deep,
And through the moss the ivies creep,
And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.

Onomatopoeia can also represent harsh and unpleasant sounds, as in Browning's "Meeting at Night":
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

The only part of your statement that made sense is this: "poetry is a word puzzle" and yup that's it. Read up on different forms. I honestly believe rhyme and meter limit the artist's freedom. That is up for debate, because some say that if one can write a beautiful poem following rhyme and meter they have mastered an art. But I have written poems off the cuff which I consider my best work. And some quatrains, pantoums and villanelles that are horrid. It's what art is. No one appreciated the "greats" until they were dead.

Answer 3

Uses of onomatopoeia
Some other very common English-language examples include bang, beep, splash, and ping pong. Machines and their sounds are also often usually described with onomatopoeia, as in honk or beep-beep for the horn of an automobile and vroom for the engine. For animal sounds, words like quack (duck), roar (lion), and meow (cat), are typically used in English. Some of these words are used both as nouns and as verbs.
Occasionally, words for things are created from representations of the sounds these objects make. In English, for example, there is the universal fastener which is named for the onomatopoeic of the sound it makes: the zip (in the UK; zipper in the U.S.). Many birds are named from the onomatopoeic link with the calls they make, such as the Bobwhite Quail, Chickadee, the Cuckoo, the Whooping Crane, and the Whip-poor-will.


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Answer 4

Onomatopoeia is a big word with a simple definition. It is a word that SOUNDS like what it is. For example, "bang" is the word for two objects striking one another. The sound it makes is "bang." Another lesser obvious word is "splash," the sound of something hitting water. Other onomatopoeic words that come to mind are "swish", "ping", and "crash."

Answer 5

A word that is also a sound effect. Like: Woof Woof or Meow Meow.

Answer 6

A word that mimics the sound it represents.

Such as cheep, shush and buzz.

Answer 7

a word that is written just like the thing sounds like:
for example:
boom, chirp, moo, buzz

Answer 8

it is a word like bang or boom. it is a way of writing a sound and it sounds the way it is said. its very confusing to explain.

Answer 9

Word that sounds like its meaning - swish, woosh etc.

Answer 10

it is a word that sounds like the thing it is describing, such as boom, crack, swish, quack etc