Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...

There are lots of examples ... with rhyme and rhythm, because these affect the way the poem sounds. Poems are often intended to be shared aloud, so sound is important and many poetic devices ...

The importance of sounds and rhymes in changing the feeling of a poem. Oliver defines several sound devices and gives examples: Alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia, to name a few.