Sounds in Poetry

To create a musical effect

To make poems longer

To confuse readers

To avoid using metaphors

Slant rhyme

Eye rhyme

Perfect rhyme

 Internal rhyme

Words that look alike but sound different

Similar vowel sounds but different consonants (or vice versa)

Rhyming words within the same line

Words that rhyme at the end of lines

"day" and "way"

"love" and "move"

 "cat" and "hat"

"moon" and "June"

Only at the end of lines

Within a single line of poetry

Between different stanzas

Only in sonnets

The least common type of rhyme

Only used in modern poetry

Rhyming words occurring at the end of lines

A type of slant rhyme

Alliteration

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Consonance

Assonance

 Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Rhyme

Consonant sounds

Vowel sounds

Both consonant and vowel sounds

Only the first letter of words

Whisper

Buzz

Soft

Loud

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Assonance

Consonance

Perfect rhyme

Eye rhyme

Slant rhyme

End rhyme

By making it longer

By adding complexity and emphasizing particular words

By simplifying the structure

By eliminating the need for end rhymes