Friday, 9 October 2015

Analysis


Once upon a time, in a land faraway, lived a Prince who wanted to seize the day.

Clip clop went the horse’s hooves on the ground and through the forest he galloped around.

On his head he wore a crown, and round his body was a red royal gown.

He just didn’t have the time to sort his hair, he could find a Princess but he thought this was rare

In true love he had never believed, but surely someday it would be achieved.

 

Sound symbolism: Lexical onomatopoeia: ‘clip clop’ – helps to create a more vivid image and it provides a lot of emphasis. It makes the paragraph seem more expressive

Foregrounding sounds: alliteration (consonance): ‘horse’s hooves’ – focuses the reader’s attention to this particular line. It helps with the rhythm of the poem and also creates mood.

Sibilance: ‘surely someday’ – creates a soft tone to the paragraph and as it’s towards the end of the passage, it concludes the sense of atmosphere and feeling.

Liaison: ‘he just’ becomes ‘he juss’ – it helps the words run together more smoothly and avoids a hiatus between the words.

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