Blog #5: Sound

Sound in poetry is effective tool in conveying emotion and tone. Similar to how a movie uses a soundtrack to emphasized how emotion an emotion conveyed in a scene, poetry uses the sound of words and phrases in order to effectively convey emotion and imagery. For example, in Out Out Robert Frost uses sound and alliteration to convey the grim emotion of the. Using words with an "s" sound like saw and supper, Frost effectively conveys an image a saw buzzing. This sound makes the reader rightfully uneasy as the boy later meets a grim death at the blade of a buzz saw.