The Sound of Poetry

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wave patterns continued

Frequency - Number of waves passing per second. The unit of measure is hertz (Hz).

Amplitude - Greatest distance of a wave's rise or fall

Wave Velocity - Wave velocity is the distance a wave travels per second.

wavelength - velocity / frequency

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Wave Pattern

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Speech

words and their sounds vibrate to different parts of the body

made up of two elements – consonants and vowels

every letter and combination of letters has significance

sound of words make the tone or texture

word endings – fluid or harsh eg slice, baffling – fluid sounds; cat, difficult – harsh sounds

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Word/Letter Sounds

can add to the meaning – connotation

O sounds and letters connect to images eg: The Moon rose over the ocean.

Soft sounding consonants – R, J, M, N, S, V, W

Hard sounding consonants – K, D, Q, T, C, B, P

Some letters and combination of letters create full, thin or open sounds