Cacophony: Noun: A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
Example:
Jabberwocky
By Lewis Carol
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."
Carroll used lots of cacophony all through the poem Jabberwocky to create suspense and make the boy killing the Jabberwocky even more heroic. Most of the cacophonies Carroll used were not real words but they still made the poem seem unpleasant.
Caesura: Noun: A break between words within a metrical foot / pause near the middle of a line or any interruption or break.
Example:
"Hwæt! We Gardena || in gear-dagum
þeodcyninga, || þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas || ellen fremedon."
In Beowulf it’s marked in print by an extra space between the words.
Cacophony is going to be really important in creating meaning. Why would a poet use cacophony to expand on meaning.
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