Question

I'm not sure if I understand what Cacophony and Euphony are, can someone help me understand please?

For my assignment, I'm supposed to find 3 different Figurative Language (Techniques) in this poem:
(posted below in a comment!)
One of them is obviously personification.
I thought that there was also cacophony and Euphony present, but I'm not sure though. So it would be wonderful if someone could help me understand what they are!

Answer 1

When I was a child

the stones were living.

Hot under my hand, they felt like flesh,

and sands slipped through my fingers

with a caress.

Yes, everything was alive;

the clumsy, roaring wind

stepped on the flounched pink dress

of the apple-tree,

tearing it to shreds

the puffed cheeks of clouds

the brook with its pebbled tongue

and the hoarse old grave old sea

its gravelly song

and eath itself a brown warm girl

turning and tanning in the sun.

All false, all wrong,

somebody told me:

winds are not lovers

clumsy or gentle.

There's no blood

in stones,

no tears in water.

Nevertheless

sometimes lately when I touch a chair or table

I think I feel atoms stir

under my fingers

and at night in dreams I hear

the small remote voices of grains of dust

or the inaudible whispers of stars

as they will speak to me some time

when i lie with the living grass about me

and the wind my old lover

singing me to sleep

and to wake

Answer 2

Hello Shay Welcome to OS, AS your new i would just like to say you have posted the question in the wrong place

Answer 3

Try this group, http://openstudy.com/study#/groups/Writing

Answer 4

Whoops, Im not sure where here is. What group am I in right now? This is a little confusing!

Answer 5

this is mathematics

Answer 6

Oh whoops! Definitely, not in the right section. Thanks for pointing that out lol!

Answer 7

it is confuzzling during the beginning but its a very helpful and nice place to be

Answer 8

I will help you but for next time please do remember

Answer 9

As you have already guessed personification

Answer 10

Okay, thanks so much!!!! I really appreciate it!

Answer 11

and the other two,

Answer 12

Please put this in the Writing section

Answer 13

Okay, I'm leaving. I'm leaving. Sorry! New here, I didn't even realize there were different sections!

Answer 14

@tic-tock I have told Her(im assuming)
So from next time she will post in writing section

Answer 15

ok then

Answer 16

Yes I am a girl :)

Answer 17

@shay88 Plz check these out as well, they are important http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct

Answer 18

ok @SchoolSlacker

Answer 19

Yes cocophony and euphonyy are present but they are a tpe of sound, not a technique of writing as far as i know

Answer 20

Are you aware of the type of poem?

Also so you know all the techniques?

Answer 21

There is Hyperbole

Answer 22

sometimes lately when I touch a chair or table

I think I feel atoms stir

hyperbole here

Answer 23

I am not. All I was told is the name of the poem, which is "Is The Pathetic Fallacy True?" I do know a whole bunch of techniques, yes.

Nice, I didnt notice that hyperbole. Thank you!

Thank you for your help @SchoolSlacker. Sorry everyone else, I'm going to leave here and go to the writing section. I don't want anyone to get angry at me.

Answer 24

shay you may stay

Answer 25

i will answer the last one but if you have any other question related to writing/english they should go there

Answer 26

'pathetic fallacy' itself is a techniques as well

Answer 27

Okay thank you! So I did highlight some examples of cacophony and euphony in my copy of the poem (at least from what I thought), would you be able to tell me if I'm right?

Cacophony:

- Clumsy, roaring wind
- Gravely song

Euphony:
- flounced
- puffed
- small remote voices
- inaudible whispers

Answer 28

So,
1) Pathetic Fallacy
Reflecting a character's (usually the protagonist) mood in the atmosphere or inanimate objects—for example, the storm in William Shakespeare's King Lear, which mirrors Lear's mental deterioration.

2)Hyperbole
Exaggeration used to evoke strong feelings or create an impression which is not meant to be taken literally.

3)Personification
Using comparative metaphors and similes to give living characteristics to non-living objects.

Answer 29

hmm give me a sec

Answer 30

Okay

Answer 31

Cacophany,
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds: "a cacophony of deafening alarm bells"; "a cacophony of architectural styles".

Euphony,
agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words.

Answer 32

i dont think flounced and puffed are noises

Answer 33

Another thing you can do is, if the person's help was good then you can give them a medal via the good answer button (top-right of the box)

Answer 34

If you need anymore help just @SchoolSlacker me and i will come if im here :P but on the writing page, you can join another group via the join more groups button at the top you will find most subjects have a group

Answer 35

Thanks a ton for your help. Sorry about going AWOL on you for a couple of minutes there, My browser completely crashed because I have waayyy too many tabs open.

Answer 36

no problem

Answer 37

Hey Shay, because of the work that has gone into this answer by SchoolSlacker, I won't delete this post. However, I must ask you to post this in the correct group next time. I also ask that if any users see a mispost that they report it and not answer. A mod will come in and delete it.

Answer 38

Okay thank you, this was purely accidental I swear!