Mind Blown

No one ever stops and appreciates where our language comes from: the alphabet. The alphabet is one of the first things you learn in school, along with counting and your phone number. The alphabet is the basis for our entire written and spoken communication with each other, so why is it that we sometimes overlook its importance? This question, along with many others like "Why haven't I ever thought or heard of this before" are what came to me while reading the sound chapter.

Never have I had quite an extensive language lesson on letters like I experienced while reading this. Vocabulary words are thrown out- semivowels, onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance, and mute just to name a few. All of these contribute into the making of sound, how the letters come together to form words and what their influence is on a piece of writing. I do think, however, the author may go a tad overboard in some instances; I'm not sure if all poets think about a word's construction as a main part of their poems. However, the examples given do show that many do and it enhances the poem, either creating flow or rhythm, whatever the poet intends.

I do not see myself as being able to fully apply all of the new information I learned about sound, but I do appreciate it. It would be difficult to truly follow a set pattern to create the perfect poem, but I do think I could use this idea to enhance the flow of my writing in the basic ways.