Belloc’s poem contains two figures of speech. Assonance is the repetition of sounds in multiple words. Assonance describes repeated vowel sounds in the middle of words with different consonant end sounds. Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant sounds, i.e., what happens at the end of the word along with assonance. There is another figure of speech, onomatopoeia, a word formed to mimic the sound.
Belloc (1870-1953) grew up in England and graduated from John Henry Newman’s Oratory School in Birmingham. In 1890, he met Elodie Hogan, an American living in Northern California. What fascinated me was his trip to visit her. He trod a significant part of the distance from the American Midwest to Hogan’s home and paid for lodging at remote farmhouses and ranches by sketching the owners and reading poetry. He married Hogan in 1896, and they had five children.
What is a tarantella? Even though I played a few on the piano, I had to find the definition: rapid, whirling dance from southern Italy.
Belloc (1870-1953) grew up in England and graduated from John Henry Newman’s Oratory School in Birmingham. In 1890, he met Elodie Hogan, an American living in Northern California. What fascinated me was his trip to visit her. He trod a significant part of the distance from the American Midwest to Hogan’s home and paid for lodging at remote farmhouses and ranches by sketching the owners and reading poetry. He married Hogan in 1896, and they had five children.
What is a tarantella? Even though I played a few on the piano, I had to find the definition: rapid, whirling dance from southern Italy.
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