BLOG#5 poetic sounds

Sound often has the ability to alter the mood and tone of poem.  First of all, the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare and Hamlet stress two syllables.  This poetic sound of iambic pentameter is often used to distinguish royalty.  For example, Hamlet's soliloquies and speeches are spoken in iambic pentameter, however, Hamlet Sr. speaks in normal, blank verse.  Moreover, in Ulysses, the narrator employs the use of alliteration and assonance to instill an elongated feeling in the reader.  When the reader has to focus on pronunciation, it slows down the read; thus coinciding with the idleness feeling the King has.  "The long day wane; the slow moon climbs; the deep moans round with many voices" (Tennyson 55-56) is Odysseus speaking about his job and how he feels idle as a king.  The sounds created by iambic pentameter, alliteration, and assonance often create a certain mood and feeling in a literary work.