April 18 O is for Onomatopoeia
ONOMATOPOEIA Onomatopoeia is when words suggest the thing or action, that they represent. Words like buzz, crash, sizzle, plop, moo or hiss. The word Onomatopoeia comes from the Greek onoma, meaning name and poiein, to make. Edgar Allan Poe's, (1809 - 1849), poem The Bells, is a good example. "Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that musically wells From the bells, bells, bells." This poem is four stanza's in length and this piece is from the first stanza. Published 1849. Tintinnabulation, means the ringing or sounding of bells. Bye for now, Lilian...