Sunday, 6 June 2010

What are some examples of onomatopoeia in Romeo and Juliet?

Whenanddiscuss the cause
of Romeo's upset and melancholy, Romeo says that "Love is a smoke made with the fume of
sighs" (1.1.197). The word sighs is an example ofbecause it sounds
like the sound it describes. It is rather breathy and indistinct, just as the word is breathy
and lacks any plosive or glottal sorts of sounds.

Romeo also asks Benvolio,
"What, shall I groan and tell thee?" (1.1.208). The word groan is
another example of onomatopoeia because groans tend to be low, long, and
full of "ohhhhhs." Later, when the Countyis at 's tomb, he says something about
"tears distilled by moans" (5.3.15). The word moans is similar to
groans and is onomatopoetic for the same reasons.

In the
same scene, Romeo references the "roaring sea," and roar is
likewise onomatopoetic (5.3.39). Whenfirst arrives on the scene later, he asks, "What
should it be that is so shrieked abroad?" (5.3.197). The word shriek
is yet another onomatopoetic example.

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