Onomatopoeia is a literary device used by poets where words imitate sounds. Poets use onomatopoeic words to suggest actions, movements, and meanings. Examples include words like "hissing," which describes the sound of a snake, and "bubbling," which represents the sound of a brook. Onomatopoeia can be used to convey how something looks, the sound it makes, and how it moves through examples from Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man."

1. Onomatopoeia

2. The poet uses words that suggests
sounds at the same time describe
actions being made. Onomatopoeia is
sound device used by poets to suggest
actions, mvements, and meanings.
e.g., The hissing of the snake made
me shoo it away.
The bubbling brook breaks.

3. Onomatopoeia in The Seven Ages of Man
Sample line/
words
It looks like The sound
it makes
How it
moves
Whining
a long or
high-pitched
cry or sound
pain, fear,
supplication,
or complaint
Arms flail
feet stumping
angrily.
Sighing
emit a long,
deep, audible
breath
expressing
sadness
relief,
tiredness,
frustration
Slumped back
Whistles
Sound made by
forcing breath
through a small
hole between
partly closed
Sounds cool
and can make
a high or low
note
Pucker your
lips, curl
your tongue ,
blow air over
your tongue